When the border was drawn, many felt cut off.
By Kitty Logan MACHIARA, Pakistan, 9 January 2006 – The New Year has brought heavy snow to Pakistan's quake-affected region, leaving many villages cut off and aid flights grounded.
"So many places are cut off we can't get resources to them".
Bella Messenger, an NGO worker in an isolated area of Gorkha district, told the BBC that Chinese lorries had brought aid to the area, but many people remained cut off.
The sheikh agreed: "But this will take many years, many files will be burned, and many heads will be cut off.
At a background briefing on Thursday afternoon, department officials said it was impossible to predict from the data how many colleges would be cut off.
Telephone lines in Timbuktu have been down for many days and electricity cut off.
Access to the 10 districts outside of Dili has been difficult, with many areas all but cut off.
But in many areas the electorate feels cut off.
Only time will tell, if it can do it again with many sources of funding now cut off.
Supermarkets and many greengrocers cut off root tops from carrots, beetroots, radishes and onions.
