India’s 1st Batch of Relief Material Along with NDRF Search, Rescue Teams Reaches Turkey

The first Indian C17 flight with more than 50 National Disaster Response Force Search and Rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads, drilling machines, relief material, medicines and other necessary utilities and equipment has reached Adana, Türkiye.

In a tweet, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the second plane is also getting ready for departure. The decision to send relief material was taken yesterday in light of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s instructions to offer all possible assistance and relief measures to the victims of the earthquake.

First Indian C17 flight with more than 50 @NDRFHQ Search & Rescue personnel, specially trained dog squads,drilling machines, relief material, medicines and other necessary utilities & equipment reaches Adana,Türkiye.

Second plane getting ready for departure. @MevlutCavusoglu pic.twitter.com/sSjuRJJrIO

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 7, 2023

The relief measures are being taken up in coordination with the government of Türkey.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria.  Addressing the India Energy week event in Bengaluru yesterday, Mr Modi said, India is committed to providing assistance and support in this difficult time.

Dozens of countries have pledged to aid in search and rescue operations. Offers of aid have poured in from across the world, including from India, the UAE, the European Union, and Israel.

The death toll in massive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has crossed 4,500. Several thousands of people are injured in the region.

Hundreds of people are believed to be trapped under rubble. The toll is expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across Turkey and Syria.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the two countries yesterday while people were asleep. It is the deadliest tragedy to hit Turkey since 1939. Millions across Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel felt the earthquake. Tremors from the powerful earthquakes were also felt as far away as Denmark and Greenland.