New Delhi: The final team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) under Operation Dost returns home from Turkey after the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency announced the end of the rescue operations.
Under the humanitarian mission, Operation Dost, India sent three teams of 151 NDRF HQ personnel and dog squads.
NDRF Teams executed search, rescue, and relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdagi and Antakya.
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi took to Twitter and added “Final NDRF team under #OperationDost returns home from Turkiye. 3 Teams of 151 NDRF HQ personnel & dog squads extended assistance to earthquake-affected Turkiye. Teams executed search, rescue & relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdagi & Antakya,”.
Final NDRF team under #OperationDost returns home from Türkiye.
3 Teams of 151 @NDRFHQ personnel & dog squads extended assistance to earthquake affected Türkiye.
Teams executed search, rescue & relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdağı & Antakya. pic.twitter.com/Z6yLlwWHsW
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) February 19, 2023
Meanwhile, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) on Saturday announced the end of the rescue operations. Yunis Sezar, head of AFAD said that “The death toll due to the earthquakes rose to 40,642, and the work of searching and rescue for people stuck under the debris has ended in most of the provinces,”.
India launched Operation Dost to extend assistance to Turkey as well as Syria after devastating quakes and aftershocks in the region.
The Indian Government sent tons of relief material to both Syria and Turkey in collaboration with the Indian Army as part of the Operation.
(With Agency Inputs)
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