turkey earthquakePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the loss of life in Turkey after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country and neighboring regions, killing nearly 1,300 people.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement that a meeting was held and it was decided that NDRF search and rescue teams and medical teams with relief material would be dispatched immediately in coordination with the Government of the Republic of Turkey.
According to the statement, two teams of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), each with specially trained dog squads and 100 personnel with necessary equipment, are ready to go to the quake-hit area for search and rescue operations.
“Medical teams are being prepared with trained doctors and paramedics with essential medicines. Relief material will be sent in coordination with the Turkish government and the Indian Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul,” the PMO said.
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The meeting was attended by representatives of Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), NDRF, Defense Forces, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as well as Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Health Ministry. and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, bringing down buildings across the region. At least 1,300 people were killed and hundreds were injured, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers continued to search for survivors among the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Rescue workers and residents searched for survivors under the rubble of crushed buildings in several towns on both sides of the border. In an earthquake-hit Turkish city, dozens of people dragged away chunks of concrete and bent metal. Inside a partially collapsed apartment building, people standing in the street shouted for others who were leaning dangerously close.
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The earthquake, felt as far away as Cairo, was centered north of the city of Gaziantep, in an area about 90 kilometers (60 mi) from the Syrian border. On the Syrian side of the border, the earthquake rattled opposition-held areas that are filled with some 4 million Syrians displaced from other parts of the country by the long civil war.
Many of them live in dilapidated conditions with very little health care. Muhib Kaddor, a town doctor, told The Associated Press by telephone that at least 11 townspeople were killed in Atmeh and many more were buried under the rubble.