India to send aid, NDRF & medical teams for rescue

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 6

The Government of India has decided to send rescue and medical teams with relief material to Turkey.

Assuring all help

India is ready to provide all possible help … sincere condolences to the families of the victims. Narendra Modi, PM

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in a statement, said search and rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) would be dispatched immediately. Two teams of the NDRF, comprising 100 personnel, with specially trained dog squads and necessary equipment would be flown to the earthquake-hit area, it said. “Medical teams are also being readied with trained doctors and paramedics with essential medicines. Relief material will be dispatched in coordination with the Turkish government and the Indian Embassy in Ankara and Consulate General office in Istanbul,” the statement read.

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, chaired a meeting in South Block to discuss immediate relief measures. The meeting was attended, among others, by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba. The statement said medical teams were being readied with trained doctors and paramedics along with essential medicines.

World powers lend help

The EU activates satellite to provide emergency mapping services

Russia sends 10 military units to clear debris, search survivors

Germany preparing delivery of generators, tents and blankets

Britain to send 76 search-and-rescue specialists with equipment

The US coordinating aid to Turkey, Syria, including rescue teams