“Our culture has taught us Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, which is to consider the world as one family. Wherever human tragedy may be, our country has stood firm in making human welfare its top priority.” PM Modi said during a conversation with NDRF officials Involved in ‘Operation Dost’
PM Modi shared a video clip of the interaction on his official Twitter handle.
The PM said, “Today there is goodwill towards India in the whole world.”
In a Twitter post titled ‘I will always remember this conversation with the participants of ‘Operation Dost”, Prime Minister Modi said the operation shows that the country always stands with the needy.
I will always remember this conversation with those who took part in ‘Operation Dost’. https://t.co/RYGDuEn6wW
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1676956495000
In the video, PM Modi is also seen appreciating the work of officials in providing assistance to earthquake-hit Turkey.
An NDRF commanding officer, who was part of the conversation, said, “When I was supervising the rescue and relief work (in Turkey), a patient’s relative thought I was the commanding officer. He held both my hands.” Took them away.” in front of their eyes and then kissed them. He said you are like a father to me. He said ‘I represent the young generation of my country but I can assure you that the coming generations will remember what your country did for us’.
A female officer recalled telling a woman in Turkey, “For me, God comes first and you later.”
Officials revealed that the dog squads deployed as part of the ongoing relief operations did their job efficiently and were in good health.
An officer said, “We let Julie (part of the dog squad of NDRF) go towards the debris and she indicated to us a living person trapped under. We sent Romeo after Julie to confirm whether Someone is alive. He barks in the affirmative.”
Another officer said, “We pulled out two little girls from the debris after 80-104 hours.”
“Whenever the Indian Air Force reaches out to a friendly country to save humanity, it instills hope in the minds of the people that India stands by them. It is widely accepted that no matter what happens in the world, India Come what may, we will run to help.” And support people in distress,” said a senior official.
The Indian Army medical team deployed under ‘Operation Dost’ landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airport on Monday after 12 days of operations during which they treated over 3,500 patients in earthquake-ravaged Turkey.
Major Bina Tiwari, an Indian Army Major who served as a medical officer at 60 Parachute Field Hospital and was seen hugging a Turkish woman in a viral picture shared her experience while talking to ANI .
Major Tiwari told ANI that he got a full feel of the devastation and loss of lives after reaching Turkey. He pointed out that amid all the clutter, it was difficult to find a place to set up the hospital.
He said that within hours of arriving in Turkey, the army set up its own hospital in a building near a local hospital in Iskenderun.
The 99-member self-contained team successfully ran a fully equipped 30-bed field hospital at Iskenderun, Hatay, providing round-the-clock care for nearly 4,000 patients.