A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit just 80 kilometres northwest of Kathmandu on 25 April, crumbling buildings and devastating much of the city. The ground shook well beyond Nepal’s borders, into Tibet and northern India, in one of the worst natural disasters to strike the Himalayas in years; around 3500 people are feared dead and 6500 injured. A team of health experts from Delhi's AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital being sent to Nepal to assess the situation arising due to mortality. The Indian Army has further enhanced its engineering efforts by inducting 40 personnel, five earth moving equipment and some power generators to expedite the rescue operations.
'Operation Maitri' task force headquarter has been set up at Kathmandu. 22 tonnes of food packets, 120 large oxygen cylinders, 40 large tents, 1400 blankets, 50 tonnes of water moved to Nepal from India and more enroute. Praising the Indian…
