Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 8: A fresh team of the National Disaster Response Force has been rushed to Turkey along with other necessary equipment amid the massive earthquake that shook countries to its core.
The death toll is more than 9,000 and the damage continues to grow. International aid is being provided to the countries to provide assistance and rescue people.
Two teams have already reached Turkey and have launched rescue operations at several collapsed structures, said the NDRF Director General Atul Karwal on Wednesday.
The third team has already been airlifted from Varanasi to Delhi and the rescue team is expected to leave for the disaster-struck nation by tonight on board an IAF plane, added Atul Karwal.
Meanwhile, MEA West Secretary Sanjay Verma said, “This is the biggest natural disaster to hit Turkey since 1939. We received an email from the Turkish side asking for help and within 12 hours of the meeting, the first SAR flights left for Turkey from Delhi.”
Thereafter 4 such flights (sent to Turkey) 2 of them were carrying NDRF teams and 2 were carrying medical teams. One aircraft carrying medical supplies and equipment was sent to Syria: MEA Secretary West Sanjay Verma pic.twitter.com/xaUOlw3h3z
— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2023
“Thereafter four such flights (sent to Turkey) two of them were carrying NDRF teams and two were carrying medical teams. One aircraft carrying medical supplies and equipment was sent to Syria,” he added.
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India has provided humanitarian support to Turkey, which was hit by powerful earthquakes on Monday. Indian Air Force C17 flight with over 50 personnel from the NDRF and specially trained dog squads along with the necessary equipment, including medical supplies, drilling machines and other equipment required for the aid efforts departed for Turkey on Tuesday.
Earlier, on the direction of PM Modi, two teams consisting of 101 personnel of NDRF along with specially trained dog squads and all the necessary equipment were sent to Turkey by special Indian Air Force flights.
A massive earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes on the Richter Scale, shook Turkey and Syria on February 6, it was followed by a series of aftershocks, causing tremendous devastation, deaths and infrastructure damage in both countries and according to the latest estimates nearly 10,000 people have lost their lives in both countries.
