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Press Information Bureau
Govt of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
01May 2015
Day 7 of the Earthquake Rescue & Relief Operations
Casualty Status
As per latest reports, 79 deathshave been reported so far in
India58 in Bihar,17 in UP, 03 in West
Bengaland 01 in Rajasthan. A total of 566 people(275 in Bihar,
106 in Uttar Pradesh, 169 in West Bengal,
Sikkim9 and 7 in Rajasthan) have been reported injured.
Relief Related Activities in India
The State Governments are taking measures at their own end for
managing the disaster. None of the
States has requested for any central help till NDRF teams have
been deployed as per this need and they have
been assured of full assistance from the centre.
NDRF Deployment
No. of Teams Deployment
02 Teams Team each at Raxual (Bihar) and Gorakhpur (UP)
Relief related activities in Nepal
NDRF Deployment
No. of Team Deployment
16 Teams
One Team each at Balaju Bypass, Chaumati, Maharajgunj,
Gongbhu,
Brijeshwari, Basundra Namunatol, Tilangana, AD Artilery and
Budget
Hotel Thamel.
Two Teams at Balaju.
Three Teams at Shobha Bhagawati Bridge.
Two Teams are on standby at Kathmandu.
NDRF Teams have rescued 11 persons alive and retrieved 122 dead
bodies till date.
Rescue Operations - 1052 Nepalese citizens have
rescued/evacuated by Indian teams to Military
hospitals so far. 152 Tourists including 19 foreign mountaineers
rescued.
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Food & Supplies
So far, India has rushed 74 tons of food packets & dry
rations. 94 ton of water and 2 ton of
medicines. 1000 tents, 10000blankets, 50tarpaulins &
1000plastic sheets. 525tents and 4950blankets
are underway from Kanpur.
UP Govt : Till date UP Govt has sent 51 truck load of medicines,
dry food and mineral water. 256buses/trucks with other items have
also been dispatched.
Bihar Govt: 55 buses have been sent to Nepal with relief items.
On the return journey they have
brought back stranded Indians and Nepalese seeking treatment in
India. Over 2000 people have been
sheltered at three camps at Raxual, Bairgahia and Jainagar.
Uttrakhand Govt: 25 buses carrying relief items have been sent
to Nepal. They have brought back
stranded people.
Haryana Govt: One Langar with 20 MT ration sent on 30 Apr
15.
Punjab Govt: One Langar with 23 MT of ration sent by air
today.
Gujarat Govt : 24 MT of MRE, 1200 blankets and 100 tents have
been sent to Nepal on 30 April 15.
Medical Assistance
A 31 member team comprising Orthopedic Surgeons, Anesthetists,
Nurses and OT Technicians are in
Kathmandu since 26 April 2015.
Senior Specialists have interacted with Govt of Nepal and
conducted a rapid need assessment to
channelize healthy assistance.
Teams from Karnataka, Bihar, Gujarat and Delhi are also in
Nepal.
15 MT of medical supplies, stretchers, oxygen concentrators and
body bags have been sent.
Details of Evacuation
By Air By Road/Land
Airlines Air Force Chartered
/ Non-ScheduledFlights
Total UP Bihar Uttarakhand WB Total
3860 3376 1982 9218* 13206 45438 379 948 59971**
*It includes 2763 Foreigners (including 973 Nepalese).**It
includes 538 Foreigners who entered from land route through Bihar,
UP, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal Border, and 02 dead
body (through WB Border).
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Dept of Telecommunications
Facilitating calls to people in affected areaBSNL, MTNL,
Reliance, Tata and others operators
have reduced call charges to Nepal.
Communication Facilities in NDMA Control Room12 additional
telephone lines are functional
on Hotline 011-1078 at NDMA Control Room.
Locating Missing Personnel - Total request received are 203. Out
of them, 34 have been traced to
their last location and 18 are confirmed safe. Efforts are on to
trace the balance.
Civil Aviation
Air India has carried 10975 kg of relief material to Nepal till
date while Indigo has carried 10000 kg.
Ministry of Power
A team of 20 persons have been deployed to restore electricity
system in Nepal.
A large quantity of transformers, insulators, cables and other
items have been sent to Nepal.
Update
MHA alongwith NDMA are at the forefront of coordinating all
relief supply. NDMA is the single
point contact and has been instrumental in making sure that
supplies are prioritized and dispatched to
Nepal. Senior officials have been located both at Palam and
Kathmandu Airports to oversee the operations.
NDRF, IAF and the Inter-Ministerial Team of Indian Officers
stationed in Kathmandu and Indian
Embassy there are doing rescue operations in close tandem with
Nepalese authorities.
Foreign Secy and NSA alongwith Principal Secy to PM are on an
Official tour to Nepal.
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