Turkey Earthquake: First Indian C17 flight reaches Adana with relief material, utilities

The first Indian Air Force plane carrying disaster relief material and rescue team to support search and rescue efforts in Turkey has reached Adana in the earthquakehit country external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on TuesdayThe C17 flight with over 50 personnel from the National Disaster Response Force NDRF and a specially trained dog squad along with necessary equipment including medical supplies drilling machines and other equipment equired for the aid efforts had departed for Turkey early this morningTurkish Embassy in New Delhi tweeted First batch of earthquake relief material along with NDRFs special search amp rescue teams and trained dog squads just arrived in Turkiye Thank you India for your support and solidarityTaking to Twitter Jaishankar wrote First Indian C17 flight with more than 50 NDRFHQ Search amp Rescue personnel specially trained dog squads drilling machines relief material medicines and other necessary utilities amp equipment reaches Adana TurkiyeThe foreign minister further said that that a second plane is also getting ready for departureIndia has sent the NDRF team to Turkey after earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria on MondayAlso Read Death toll from earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 3800Speaking to ANI Deepak Talwar Deputy Commandant NDRF who is leading the first NDRF team from India to Turkey said This team is consisting of 47 NDRF personnel and three senior officers to perform recovery and response work as per the United Nations guidelinesWe have received the orders for two teams First team is about to move very soon and second team will be leaving in the morning Were going for disaster response amp after that humanitarian aid will be provided as per Government of India guidelines he further addedAccording to a statement released by the Prime Ministers Office PMO on Monday a meeting was conducted where it was decided that the NDRFs search and rescue teams medical teams and relief supplies would be sent out right away in collaboration with the Turkish governmentSeveral other countries have come forward to aid and assist Turkey after massive earthquake shattered lives in the countryAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Monday announced USD 11 million in aid for earthquakehit Turkey and Syria reported CNNBoth leaders pledged a combined total of USD 115 million in aid for victims of the devastating earthquakeMore than 4300 people have been killed and thousands injured after a magnitude 78 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday according to officials and agencies reported CNNAt least 4372 deaths have been confirmed after a powerful magnitude 78 earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria early MondayIn Syria 1451 deaths and 3531 injuries have been reported by officialsThousands of buildings collapsed in both countries and aid agencies are particularly worried about northwestern Syria where more than 4 million people were already relying on humanitarian assistanceThe quake one of the strongest to hit the region in more than 100 years struck 23 kilometres 142 miles east of Nurdagi in Turkeys Gaziantep province at a depth of 241 kilometres 149 miles the US Geological Survey saidAt least 100 aftershocks measuring 40 or greater have occurred since the 78 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday morning local timethe USGS reportedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever