There was a protest and the Army chief was questioned by media today.
F***ing idiots... they are doing this in return for india's sudden response for helping their country. it took only 15 minutes to send military aid to nepal after after earthquake. it is a world record.
It took Modi minutes to help neighbouring Nepal after earthquake | Asia-Pacific | BDlive
Saturday, 25 April: Initial Response
Saturday, 25 April: Initial Response[edit]
India was the first nation to respond to the crisis, by launching a full-fledged rescue and relief operation codenamed
Operation Maitri (
Operation Amity). Within 15 minutes of the quake,
[7] Prime Minister
Narendra Modi responded, directing immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams, including medical teams, to Nepal. By the same afternoon, ten teams from India's
National Disaster Response Force, totaling 450 personnel and including several
search and rescue dogs, had already arrived in Nepal; ten additional
Indian Air Force planes soon departed to join them with further aid.
[26] In the immediate aftermath of the quake, India sent 43 tons of relief material, including tents and food.
[27] Prime Minister Modi spoke with Nepalese Prime Minister
Sushil Koirala and assured him of India's support and assistance.
[28]
The
Indian Army sent three top military commanders, led by
Major General J. S. Sandhu to Nepal to coordinate, oversee and fast-track the rescue, relief and evacuation efforts. The Indian personnel are working closely with hundreds of retired Gorkha soldiers of the Indian Army.
[29] The Indian Air Force mobilised its
Ilyushin Il-76,
C-130J Hercules,
Antonov An-32 and
C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft and
Mi-17 helicopters for Operation Maitri.
[30]
Sunday, 26 April[edit]
The Indian Air Force evacuated over 500 citizens from Nepal late Saturday through Sunday morning, and hundreds more on Sunday.
[31][32] Ten flights were planned for Sunday. These would airlift army forward hospitals, teams of doctors, nurses, and paramedics, engineering task forces, water, food, National Disaster Response Force teams, medical personnel and equipment, blankets, stretchers and tents.
[33]Prime Minister Modi vowed to wipe the tears of every person in Nepal in his
Mann Ki Baat address to the nation.
[34]
An Indian army mountaineering team recovered the bodies of 19 mountaineers from Everest base camp and rescued at least 61 stranded climbers from Mount Everest.
[35] Indian Air Force helicopters reached Mount Everest on the morning of 26 April for rescue operations.
[36] Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankarannounced that six more
National Disaster Response Force teams would be sent to Nepal in the next 48 hours. He also announced that the aircraft sent to Nepal would not just rescue Indians, but citizens of other countries as well.
[37]
By Sunday night, India dispatched a further 10 tons of blankets, 50 tons of water, 22 tons of food items and 2 tons of medical supplies to Kathmandu. Nearly 1,000 National Disaster Response Force personnel were also pressed into service, and a "big evacuation" of Indian citizens was underway through the road route. The government deployed 35 buses to evacuate stranded Indians in Nepal via two routes—
Sonauli and
Raxaul—along the Indo-Nepal border. India started issuing goodwill visas to foreigners stranded in Nepal and mobilizing buses and ambulances to bring them to India by road.
[38] Indian Railways shipped 100,000 (one lakh) bottles of drinking water via the Air Force to be delivered as part of the relief effort.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu later tweeted out that there were arrangements being made to supply 100,000 bottles every day.
[39] Air India reduced fares on flights bound for Kathmandu from
Delhi,
Kolkata,
Varanasi, and announced that it would also carry relief material on its flights.
[40] Similarly,
SpiceJet offered to accommodate "accredited NGOs and relief organizations looking to transport emergency supplies" and doctors free of charge.
[41]
Monday, 27 April[edit]
By Monday morning, the Indian Air Force had evacuated 1,935 Indian citizens from Nepal using 12 aircraft sorties.
[42] Indian Army sources said six of 18 medical teams tasked to help with the relief efforts in Nepal had been deployed. The Indian Army was in the process of sending 10 engineer task forces with machinery to clear roads and debris. The troops have taken with them a further 10,000 blankets and 1,000 tents are on standby. The Indian army was also bringing oxygen cylinders for distribution to medical teams.
[43]
An inter-ministerial team comprising senior officials from the ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and the
National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA) have gone to Nepal to coordinate rescue and relief operations. The decision to send the high-level team was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. The team will coordinate with the Nepalese government in the rescue, relief and salvage operations and assess the damage. India is sending
Unmanned aerial vehicles to Kathmandu to map the destruction in Nepal and help channelize resources effectively. The UAVs will also help in locating survivors in half-collapsed buildings and can be used to look through balconies or windows for any trapped victims.
The Indian government is sending teams of senior executives and engineers from state-run energy companies to Nepal in order to restore power lines and ensure uninterrupted fuel supply. In the first phase, a team of five senior executives from the
Indian Oil Corporation and more than a dozen engineers from transmission undetaking
PowerGrid Corporation of India have gone to Nepal.
[44] By the end of Monday, a further 5 tons of milk, light vehicles, a
reverse osmosis (RO) plant, oxygen regenerators, medical supplies, blankets, tents, 14 tons of food (ITC noodles) were sent to Nepal, and personnel including 3 National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams, 2 Field Hospitals, 2 Air Force Communication Centre Vehicles were also sent. The Indian Air Force conducted extensive helicopter operations, rescuing at least 337 injured people and air dropping 3.5 tons of relief materials in inaccessible places.
By the end of Monday, approximately 5,400 Indian citizens were evauated from Nepal. 30 foreign nationals were also evacuated to India. The Indian government received requests for help from many countries and took steps to evacuate their citizens to India. The
Indian Foreign Secretary announced that 3 additional NDRF teams were being sent to Nepal on Monday. The Indian Army Engineer Task Force (
Indian Army Corps of Engineers) succeeded in repairing and reopening the road from
Kathmandu to
Pokhara. The
Ministry of Defence (India) established a satellite communication link between the Indian Army Engineer Task Force and the
Nepalese Army Headquarters. As desired by the Nepalese Army, the Indian Army set up a task force headquarters in Kathmandu under Major General Sandhu and another in
Barpak under Brigadier Gamlin. The Indian Air Force sent four additional helicopters – four
HAL Dhruv advanced light helicopters and two Cheetah helicopters to Pokhara to expedite rescue efforts.
[45]
Tuesday, 28 April[edit]
By Tuesday, 28 April, India had deployed 18 medical teams and three field hospitals, as well as two mobile teams of specialist doctors. With the weather improving, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army fanned out to remote areas while continuing to transport essential items from various bases to Kathmandu and evacuating distressed persons to India. A 41-member medical team, along with medical supplies, was sent to Nepal from Rajasthan. The
Sashastra Seema Bal dispatched over three dozen vehicles, including ambulances and water tankers to Nepal from its border camps. The Indian government dispatched a further 220 tons of food packets and dry rations, 50 tons of water, 2 tons of medicines, 40 tents and 1,400 blankets to Nepal.
[46] The Indian Army established a 45 bed hospital at Lagankhel, Nepal to treat those injured in the quake.
[47]
By the end of Tuesday, India had evacuated 20,000 Indian citizens and 170 foreign nationals from Nepal. The foreign nationals included 4 people from Brazil, 20 from the Czech Republic, 5 from France, 8 from Germany, 1 from Mexico, 33 from Poland, 1 from Romania, 2 from Russia, 2 from South Africa, 71 from Spain, 1 from Switzerland, 4 from Tanzania, 3 from the United Kingdom, 5 from Ukraine and 10 from the United States
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Nepali Army Chief Quizzed Over Indian Rescue Helicopters Entering Sensitive Areas
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COLDHEARTED AVIATOR, like i said, it is some pro-chinese media in nepal which criticizing indian chopper flying to sensitive areas