Protesters in Nepal Block Roads Over Government's Delayed Aid Response

People in Nepal are reportedly taking to the street and blocking roads in protest of the delayed time it has taken for aid services to be delivered following the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck the city last Saturday.

Protesters gathered both in the country's capital of Kathmandu and remote villages to protest the long time it has taken aid workers to deliver supplies to those most in need.

At Kathmandu's parliament building, 200 people gathered to demand that the government do more for those most in need, as reportedly thousands of people were made homeless and without food and water after Saturday's massive natural disaster.

According to Reuters, villagers in the town of Sangachowk used tires to block the roads to prevent trucks carrying aid materials from passing, arguing that the government has failed to provide the goods where they are most needed.

"We have been given no food by the government," Udhav Giri of Sangachowk told Reuters. "Trucks carrying rice go past and don't stop. The district headquarters is getting all the food."

Officials have reported that the death toll in Nepal since Saturday's quake has risen to over 5,000, and the United Nations said this week that 1.4 million people are in need of food assistance following the natural disaster.

The U.N. has reportedly pulled $15 million from its emergency response fund to provide to Nepal, and other countries, including the U.S., China, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates have also sent aid workers to help with rescue and relief efforts.