The number of people known to have died in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar to more than 1,600, as people in some areas told that the BBC had been left to dig through the rubble for their loved ones with their bare hands.

The acute shortage of equipment, incomplete communication networks, roads and bridges were also hindering the search for survivors.

The earthquake settled a lot of Mandalay, the second largest city in the country. There was applause when rescuers pulled a woman from a 12 -storey apartment block wreckage about 30 hours after her collapse, but the Red Cross says that more than 90 people may still be trapped there.

In a nearby town, rescue workers found the bodies of 12 school children and a teacher under a building that includes kindergarten.

The Humanitarian Agency at the United Nations said the cracks and superficial deformities on the main highway between the largest city of Yangon, and the capital, NiB Tao and Mandalay, caused severe transportation disturbances.

There was also a shortage of medical supplies including shock groups, blood bags, anesthesia, and basic medicines Tents for health workersHe said.

Although the rescue teams were working since yesterday and international aid began entering the country, the assistance has not yet reached the most affected areas, and ordinary people were trying to dig the survivors by hand.

Joint footage on a large scale shows two men moving ruins to put a young woman Besited between two concrete panels.

BBC spoke to the locals who said people were screaming for help from under the debris.

Elsewhere, other rescue workers listened to the signs of life. One of them said, “We can only save people when we hear them.”

Earlier on Saturday, a rescue team in the town of Sintkai in the Kyaukse area of ​​Mandalai, directed a number of people trapped in a private school wreckage. Six of them – five females and one man – died at a time when the rescue teams arrived. Among the victims were students, teachers and school staff.

“The lack of equipment is largely slowed in rescue operations,” said a BBC Burmese worker.

Another PBC correspondent in Mandala told Yangon that communication was almost impossible.

“The main thing is that we do not have internet lines, we do not have phone lines, so it’s very difficult to communicate with each other. The rescue team has arrived. But we don’t know where it will go, because the phone lines have decreased.”

A resident of Mandalay said that people were doing their best in chaotic conditions.

The resident said: “There is no coordination in the rescue efforts, no one leads them, or tell them what they should do.

Junta put the number of damaged buildings in Mandalay regionThe earthquake center, in more than 1500. The power outage exacerbated the situation, and according to officials who restore power may take days.

Mandalay Airport is not functional as the corridors were damaged during the earthquake. The Military Council said that he was working to resume the operations and a temporary hospital and a medical relief and shelter camp were established there.

Less than 25 km (15 miles) from Mandalay in the epic, and the oldest bridge completely connecting the regions and the latest cracks, which led to the cutting of arrival to rescue teams.

“For the moment, there are not enough people even to save emergency. We cannot pick up the bodies, there are many trapped people. We cannot cross either the bridge, so we are all trapped in the ruins. Please help rescue men in emergency situations to come and save us.”

The capital, which was created recently, was exposed to the military council, through shiny tremors and small tremors. The city has witnessed widespread damage with a large number of losses, collapsed buildings and tied roads.

Meanwhile, although Junta made a rare international appeal to help It has continued to strike and aircraft attacks Against ethnic armies and armed groups, they were fighting in the four -year civil war in the country.

BBC Bormes confirmed that seven people were killed in an air strike in Nongcho, Northern Shan. This strike occurred around 15:30 local time, less than three hours after the earthquake was hit.

The rebel groups supporting democracy, which are fighting to remove the army from power, have reported air bombings in the town of Chang or in the central epic area, the earthquake center. There are also reports of air strikes in areas near the Thai border.

The United Nations Special Course urged human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, the Military Council to stop the bombing of raids.

“The problem is that you still have continuous military operations now … military strikes by the Military Council,” he told the BBC.

“I call on the military council to stop and stop any of its military operations. This is completely outrageous and unacceptable.”