Nepal quake victims face deadly winter as parties bicker

Nepalese villagers load relief materials onto a helicopter at Salyantaar in Dhading District.

Philim (Nepal) (AFP) - Thousands of Nepalis still living in tents months after a massive earthquake are facing a desperate winter, because of a fuel crisis and bickering politicians' failure to spend a $4.1 billion reconstruction fund.

Eight months after a 7.8-magnitude quake killed almost 8,900 people and destroyed some half a million homes, thousands of survivors are bracing for the Himalayan winter without proper clothes, bedding or shelter.