A man carries an injured child, who was wounded in Saturday's earthquake, after Indian Army soldiers evacuated them from Trishuli Bazar to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 27, 2015. (Photo:Reuters)
The number of people killed in a devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 4,010, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.
The quake has also left more than 7,500 injured, according to an update from the home ministry's National Emergency Operation Centre.
Announcing the latest death toll in Nepal, a top disaster official said that emergency crews would also step up their efforts to rescue those trapped in the rubble of high-rise buildings which pancaked on Saturday.
"Our efforts today will also be focused on finding survivors in areas where big buildings have collapsed," Rameshwor Dangal, who heads the home ministry's national disaster management division, told AFP.
The historic nine-storey Dharahara tower, a major tourist attraction, was among the buildings brought down in Kathmandu Saturday.
Police said around 150 people were thought to have been in the tower at the time of the disaster, based on ticket sales.
"At least 30 dead bodies have been pulled out. We don't have a number on the rescued but over 20 injured were helped out," local police official Bishwa Raj Pokharel told AFP.
"We haven't finished our work there, rescue work is still continuing."
Home ministry spokesman Dhakal said the government was also stepping up efforts to help remote areas closer to the epicentre of the quake.
The Nepalese rescuers were being joined by hundreds of foreign aid workers from countries such as China, India and the United States.
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