خبردار: هي ڪهاڻي ڏکوئيندڙ تفصيلن تي مشتمل آهي
هڪ بندرگاهه اسٽوريج جي سهولت تي لا گويرا ۾ هڪ عارضي مرده خاني ۾ تبديل ٿي ويو، ساڳيو منظر پاڻ کي ٻيهر ورجائي ٿو.
خاندان - جن مان ڪيترائي پهريان ئي اسپتالن ، پناهگاهن ۽ ملبے کي ڳولڻ ۾ ڏينهن گذاريا آهن - پنهنجن پيارن جي موت جي ڪوشش ۽ تصديق ڪرڻ لاءِ ڪلاڪن جو انتظار ڪن ٿا.
جئين وينزويلا جي ٻن زلزلن جي موت جو تعداد 2600 کان وڌي ويو آهي، آفيسرن کي نه رڳو متاثرين کي بحال ڪرڻ، پر انهن جي سڃاڻپ ڪرڻ جي چئلينج کي منهن ڏيڻو پوندو.
The scale of the disaster has overwhelmed local services, forcing institutions to improvise.
With little infrastructure left standing nine days after the tremors, bodies have been put outside or in temporary tents.
Under the blazing sun, dozens of families wait with a mixture of anguish and dread.
Rows of chairs have been placed inside and outside Los Silos, where sadness is contagious.
ڪو نه ٿو ڳالهائي. Some stare blankly into space, others check their phones, reading the news or answering messages.
Just a few metres away, armed personnel from the Bolivarian Armed Forces control access to the site.
"I'm afraid of what I'm going to see in there, but it's the only way to end this agony," a woman says before passing through the gate.
She has been searching for her nephew for nearly a week.
"I've looked for him everywhere: in the building, in the hospitals, I've spoken to everyone… and no one knows anything."
Inside, the smell of decomposition is the first thing that greets you.
Some family members cover their mouths with their hands. Most wear cloth masks, which offer little relief. منٽن اندر، ڪيترائي رد عمل بند ڪن ٿا. لڳي ٿو ته اهي ان جي عادي ٿي ويا آهن.
Nearby, hundreds of bodies lie in rows, wrapped in plastic bags and exposed to the sun. ٻرندڙ گرميءَ ۾، سڙڻ تيزيءَ سان ٿئي ٿو.
The bodies are arranged according to when they were recovered.
At one end of the site, a tent offers free cremation services. At the other, forensic specialists use dental records to help identify victims whose bodies have become difficult to recognise.
خاندان ٻن اختيارن کي منهن ڏئي ٿو. Those who think they can identify a loved one by their clothing are taken to one area.
Most relatives, however, are directed to two television screens. اتي، هڪ مختلف آزمائش شروع ٿي.
More than 1000 images of bodies flash across the screens in a sequence that feels endless. Many are swollen, have darkened skin or bear the marks of injuries, making identification difficult.
Families search for any trace that might help identify their loved ones - a tattoo, a bracelet, a piece of clothing, or an item from their home.
ڪڏهن ڪڏهن هڪ وقفو آهي، اميد جو هڪ لمحو. The two workers scrolling through the photos on an iPad zoom in on teeth, tattoos, or scars.
In front of one of the screens, a woman bursts into tears as she recognises her son thanks to a dusty blanket. هڪ ٻي عورت، هڪ اجنبي، هن کي ڳنڍي ٿي.
فون جي گھنٽي وڳي ۽ خاموشي ٽوڙي.
A young man whispers into the phone that he is trying to identify his mother. But he says the state of the bodies is making it difficult.
"This is like a horror movie," Liliana González, a 60-year-old resident of Catia La Mar, says as she leaves.
She had come to look for her aunt, but in the end identified her 37-year-old nephew by his tattoo.
"هو لسٽ تي نه هو،" هوء چوي ٿي. "مون کي تصويرون ڏسڻ گهرجن."
"مون ڏٺو ته منهنجي ماء جڏهن مري ويو، پر هي ... هي ساڳيو ناهي."
Modesta Alemán, 56, travelled from Carayaca, in western La Guaira, to look for her older sister Matilde.
Her sister lived in Playa Grande - one of the hardest-hit areas.
"They told us there were no survivors," she says. Volunteers later said they could hear voices calling from the building, "but no one could get them out".
Modesta does not enter the makeshift morgue and waits outside while other relatives handle the identification process.
شايد، هوء چوي ٿي، اهو هن طريقي سان بهتر آهي.
عمل ڪلاڪ وٺي سگھي ٿو. هڪ دفعو لاش جي سڃاڻپ ٿيڻ بعد، باقيات کي هٽائڻ لاء انتظامات شروع ٿي ويندا آهن. After identification, fingerprints are taken, if possible.
پوءِ، لاش تابوت ۾ رکيا ويندا آهن. Later, the paperwork for the death certificate begins - an essential document so funeral homes can collect the remains.
جيسيڪا سوٽو ، 42 ، لاس سلوس جي داخلا تي هڪ ڪرسي تي ويٺي آهي.
ٻن ڏينهن کان هوءَ پنهنجي 15 سالن جي ڌيءَ ۽ ٽن سالن جي پوٽي جي باقيات جو انتظار ڪري رهي آهي، جيڪي زلزلي کانپوءِ پنهنجي اپارٽمنٽ ۾ ڦاٿل هيون. انهن جا لاش اڱاري تي هٿ ڪيا ويا، تقريبن هڪ هفتي بعد.
”اهي توهان کي انتظار ۾ رکندا آهن ۽ ڪاغذن جو انتظار ڪن ٿا، ٽرڪون، ۽ ڪير ٿو ڄاڻي ته ٻيو ڇا آهي،“ هوءَ بي بي سي منڊو کي ٻڌائي ٿي.
”انهن کي اتي هڪ تابوت ۾ رکيل آهي، ڪالهه کان سج ۾ بيٺو آهي. مون وٽ انتظار ڪرڻ ۽ خدا تي ڀروسو ڪرڻ کانسواءِ ٻيو ڪو رستو ناهي.
ليليانا جو چوڻ آهي ته هوءَ خوفزده ٿي وئي جڏهن هن کي ٻڌايو ويو ته هن کي پنهنجي ڀائٽي کي پاڻ سڃاڻڻو پوندو.
”پر پوءِ، مون کي ائين ڏسي، ٻه مزدور مون سان گڏ لاش وٽ پهتا، هنن مون کي هن کي ڳولڻ ۾ مدد ڪئي ته جيئن مون کي ايتري تڪليف نه ٿئي،“ هوءَ ٻڌائي ٿي.
"خدا جو شڪر آهي، ڇاڪاڻ ته اهڙي لمحي ۾، اهو سٺو آهي ته ڪنهن جو هٿ محسوس ڪيو."
سندس چاچي ملبي ۾ دفن ٿي رهي آهي. هوءَ ڊڄندي آهي ته ايندڙ ڏينهن ۾ مرده خاني ڏانهن موٽڻ جو عمل ٻيهر ٻيهر ورجائي.
