News
Relief Operations Reviewed In Quake-Hit Nepal
11 Nepalese Citizens Rescued
Red Cross Team. (Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN)
USPA NEWS -
The Combined Red Cross team of Canada, Finland, Philippines and Hong Kong loading relief material at Kathmandu airport yesterday in Indian Air Force (IAF) MI-17 V5 helicopters for deployment, at Dhunche, in Nepal following a recent massive earthquake.
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Ajit Seth reviewed the status of rescue and relief operations undertaken by different agencies of Government of India in different parts of Nepal on May 3. The National Disaster Response Force is continuing rescue and relief operations. NDRF teams have been able to rescue 11 live persons out of 16 live persons rescued altogether. All these 11 persons rescued by NDRF teams are Nepalese citizens.
Relief material is now being sent via the rail route also from Old Delhi Railway Station to Raxaul. Senior officials of NDMA have been supervising the supply of relief material being sent through Railways to Nepal. So far over 170 tonnes of relief material including tents, tarpaulins, blankets and dry ration have been dispatched.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Liability for this article lies with the author, who also holds the copyright. Editorial content from USPA may be quoted on other websites as long as the quote comprises no more than 5% of the entire text, is marked as such and the source is named (via hyperlink).
