Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Tweeted that India is sending a field hospital, medicines, rescue teams to earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. On Monday, the 7.8 magnitude quake flattened thousands of structures as people slept. Unknown number of people have been trapped which has potentially impacted millions.
India sends field hospital, medicines, rescue teams to earthquake hit Turkey and Syria under “Operation Dost”
A stark warning was given by the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who stated that time is running out for the thousands injured and those still feared trapped. Death count from the quake has risen to 9500.
Jaishankar remarked when asked about the support given to Turkey despite India’s differences with it,
“Every day we see ups & down in geopolitical situations but India has stable relations with countries. As per our policy of ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’ – India stands forever for humanity,”
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Fourth C-17 plane of IAF carrying relief for Turkey’s earthquake victim lands in Adana
India had sent its fourth C-17 plane of the Indian Airforce carrying relief assistance for Turkey’s earthquake victims which landed in Adana.
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Tweeted,
“The fourth @IAF_MCC aircraft leaves for Turkiye with the remaining component of the field hospital. This includes 54 members of the Indian Army medical team as well as medical and other equipment to establish the facility,”
Turkey calls India a “dost”
Turkish Ambassador to India Firat Sunel thanked New Delhi and stated, “a friend in need is friend indeed”.
“Dost” is a common word in Turkish and Hindi… We have a Turkish proverb: “Dost kara gunde belli olur” (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much India,”
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directive to provide Turkey with all necessary aid on Day 1, India made the decision to dispatch search and rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force, medical teams, and relief supplies to the nation right away.
Search teams and rescue supplies have started to arrive by plane, and dozens of countries, including the United States, China, and the Gulf States, have promised their support.
Winter storms have made several roads, some of which were already damaged by the earthquake, nearly impassable, adding to the agony and causing kilometre-long traffic jams in some areas.
One of the seismically active regions on the planet is at the Turkish-Syrian border.
Turkey hadn’t experienced an earthquake of this size since 33,000 people died in the eastern region of Erzincan in 1939.
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