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India, Others Asked to Withdraw Rescue Teams by Nepal Government: Sources


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Kathmandu, May 04, 2015:  India and 33 other nations have been asked by Nepal to pull out their rescue teams nine days after the massive earthquake that has left at least 7,200 people dead in the tiny Himalayan country.

 

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Teams from Japan, Turkey, Ukraine, UK and Netherlands have begun the process of leaving.

The foreign ministry said on Monday that the Nepal government had asked countries to remove their "first response" teams as the focus is now on relief, rather than rescue.

"As such, Nepal has asked all rescue teams from 34 nations to withdraw. They now need rubble removal equipment and have asked India for help and an army engineering team will be going," the ministry said.

India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has the largest presence in Nepal; 16 teams of nearly 50 personnel each are involved in the Herculean rescue efforts mounted after the April 25 earthquake.

"The first responders, the people digging through rubble, those who came with search dogs, those who came with paramedics can now begin the process of leaving," said an Indian official.

Officials in Nepal admit that they did not see the possibility of any more survivors despite some miracle rescues.

"In the disaster relief framework, there are standard operating procedures, clear cut directives, that you slowly leave and the state has the resilience to get back on its own feet," Nepal’s Army Chief General Gaurav SJB Rana told NDTV.

He dismissed speculation about India’s "big brotherly presence," saying that India had shown that it is a "real friend" of Nepal.

The distribution of aid to survivors has been a major challenge for Nepal. International agencies are worried that relief material pouring in from across the world is piling up at the airport, and has not yet reached people who need it desperately.

The quake brought down thousands of buildings in the densely-populated Kathmandu Valley, severely damaged communication facilities, destroyed roads and snapped bridges.

Many of the estimated eight million affected people are living out in the open.


 

Courtesy: NDTV


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