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The Indian Air Force flew 12 sorties to bring back Indian nationals including many children
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New Delhi: Stepping up its relief and rescue efforts, India has evacuated 1,935 stranded Indians from earthquake-hit Nepal, even as a fresh feeble tremor on Monday jolted the battered Himalayan nation.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) flew 12 sorties to bring back Indian nationals including many children.
“Despite bad weather in Nepal, IAF continued its operation last night. As of now, IAF has evacuated 1,935 passengers from Kathmandu through 12 aircraft sorties," said Sitanshu Kar, spokesperson, ministry of defence.
A top Indian official has described the situation in the Himalayan nation as “very, very serious", nearly 1,000 trained personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been pressed into service. “One C-17 of IAF landed at Palam from Kathmandu with 291 passengers on board at 6.30am," Kar said in a tweet.
He said that an RATM (Rapid Action Medical Team) of Army was ready “with their medicines and equipment to set up first aid centre in Lagankhel, 8 km from the airport in KTM".
“Army teams are to bring in persons who need assistance to the centre," he added. Braving rains, on the third day since the disaster struck, rescue teams continued to sift through mountains of rubble, looking for survivors. Kar, in his tweet, also said, "Feeble tremors continue to rock Nepal on Day 3." PTI
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