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personnel treating a wounded elderly woman at Kathmandu. (TOI photo)

NEW DELHI: ​ Eight days after a devastating earthquake hit the Himalayan country, Nepal has on Monday called off its search and rescue operation. Nepalese authorities reckon there can be no more survivors.On Monday, Kathmandu authorities requested all the 34 countries involved in rescue operations in Nepal to call off their operations. Confirming this to the TOI, Vikas Swarup spokesperson of MEA said, "We have been asked to move to the next phase, that is, rehabilitation and reconstruction."Nepal urges foreign rescue workers in Kathmandu to return homeNepal's living goddess, devotees were unscathed by earthquakeNepal has requested India for equipments to remove the huge pile of rubble and help the country in its rehabilitation process.Swarup said,"India would soon send heavy equipments in response to Nepalese demand. We are working closely with the civilian and military authorities in Nepal on the relief effort."TOI's appeal raises 215 tonnes of relief material101-year-old man rescued week after Nepal earthquake as fear grows in rural areasIndia, he said, was not acting unilaterally.On Sunday, Nepalese from across the world lobbied on social media to remove the Indian media from covering the disaster. They accused the Indian media of reporting insensitively with a humiliating degree of intrusiveness.