India & Natural Disaster Management

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 12:38

PMO India @PMOIndia · 8m 8 minutes ago

Due to the situation after the Earthquake the PM has spoken to Madhya Pradesh CM Shri @ChouhanShivraj ji.
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PMO India @PMOIndia · 15m 15 minutes ago

PM has taken report of the situation in districts of UP & Bihar that are bordering Nepal. He has also spoken to the Sitamarhi MP.
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PMO India @PMOIndia · 19m 19 minutes ago

PM has convened a high level meeting with Ministers & top officials at 3 PM in the wake of the situation arising due to the Earthquake.
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PMO India @PMOIndia · 25m 25 minutes ago

The PMO has spoken to the Indian Embassy in Bhutan in the wake of the Earthquake. Embassy is in touch with top Bhutan officials as well.
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PMO India @PMOIndia · 27m 27 minutes ago

The Prime Minister has spoken to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri @yadavakhilesh ji about the Earthquake situation. @CMOfficeUP
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chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 12:39

First two casualty report comes in from Kathamandu. Two people dead.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 12:59

Met department India issues caution Advisory stating that more tremors are expected in North India which could be stronger. So far no major damage in India.

Several buildings in Nepal and India ( Siliguri) collapsed.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:07

This Minar called Qultub Minar, Dharahara Nepal got totally destroyed.

After quake

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:26

Kathmandu

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:30

Avalanches triggered in Mount Everest area. Camps of mountaineers destroyed. Several untraceable.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:33

Dainik Savera Times ‏@saveratimes 7m7 minutes ago

#BreakingNews: भूकंप: सीतामढ़ी जिले में 3 लोगों की मौत, बेतिया में एक की मौत
#earthquake #Bihar

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:34

Earthquake helpline at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu: +977 98511 07021, +977 98511 35141 #earthquake #NepalEarthquake #Nepalquake

Text not call.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:44

NDMA under Cabinet Secy is meeting currently, going on. PMO called for meeting at 3 PM. NDRF and IAF on high alert. Ready to move on notice.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:46

ABP News ‏@abpnewstv 8m8 minutes ago Kolkata, West Bengal

Nepal’s Janaki Mandir also damaged #earthquake

goo.gl/DOawoR

New Delhi: #3 die in Bihar, 5 die in UP, mayhem in Nepal

#Nepal’s Janaki Mandir also damaged

#Not enough hospitals in Nepal, people being treated on roads

#Home Ministry to send NDRF teams to Nepal

# At least 30 die in Nepal so far

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 13:57

DG NDRF: 4 NDRF teams on its way to Nepal.

Central ministers to go to affected states.

Casualty figure in Nepal goes up to 100.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:03

Epicenter of quake

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:07

Anandiben PatelVerified account
‏@anandibenpatel

Tourists from Gujarat stranded in Nepal or their kin can contact control room at G'nagar: 079-23251900/902/907/908/914/918 for help.
Pl RT!

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:12

Baba Ramdv is in Kathmandu,Nepal , Speaking to IndiaTV. "Conditions bad in Kathmandu. Several Building collapsed. People are trapped. Loss of life is there. There is disaster all around."

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:13

PMO Meeting started. HM and NDMA is attending.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:22

Mamta B , CM of WB called Meeting of Authorities to take stock of the situation post quake.

Delhi Lt Guv is also conducting a meeting.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:30

MOD Spokesperson: Indian Army Team in Mount Everest Area is safe and will now conduct rescue operations.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:31

PMO India retweeted
Vikas Swarup @MEAIndia · 22m 22 minutes ago

MEA opens 24 hour Control Room for queries regarding tragic #NepalEarthquake. Numbers:
+91 11 2301 2113
+91 11 2301 4104
+91 11 2301 7905
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chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:34

Another building collapse image

Number of casualty being reported by Govt of Nepal now at 114.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:50

10 NDRF Teams to be dispatched to Nepal, in addition to 4 already there. C17Globemaster and C130Hercules and Helicopters from Hindon IFB to carry team to Tribhuvan Airport as these aircrafts can land at the airport which is now closed for civilian traffic.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 14:59

PMO India retweeted
Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 12m 12 minutes ago

Spoke to PM Sushil Koirala, who is in transit in Bangkok on his way to Kathmandu. Assured all support & assistance during this tough time.
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chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 15:02

Smriti Z Irony ‏@smritiiranii 3m3 minutes ago

This is how it look like. #earthquake

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 15:08

Emergency contact numbers in Bihar

In Nepal

Relief Measures. c130J taking off

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 15:13

Emergency numbers in Nepal

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 15:15

Nepal #earthquake horror: Statue falls on child; Climbers tweet 'hell on Everest'

Romanian climber Alex Gavan said on Twitter that there had been a "huge avalanche" and "many, many" people were up on the mountain.

"Running for life from my tent," Gavan said. "Everest base camp huge earthquake then huge avalanche."

Another climber, Daniel Mazur, said Everest base camp had been "severely damaged" and his team was trapped. "Please pray for everyone," he said on his Twitter page.

BBC reports eye-witness accounts from Mt Everest base camps of people running for their lives to escape avalanche.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 15:38

Nepal Police:565 people feared dead. Massive relief and rescue operations underway.

Cosmo_R · Post by **Cosmo_R** » 25 Apr 2015 15:44

chaanakya wrote:10 NDRF Teams to be dispatched to Nepal, in addition to 4 already there. C17Globemaster and C130Hercules and Helicopters from Hindon IFB to carry team to Tribhuvan Airport as these aircrafts can land at the airport which is now closed for civilian traffic.

Don't take this as plug for US equipment but the C-17s and C-130s are far more capable than than the Ilyushins and Antonovs. We should be getting more of both. From Yemen to Nepal and elsewhere the C17s have become the mainstay for relief efforts.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:11

Casualty figure rising in Nepal. Now its touching abt 618 . Bihar :34 WB:14 UP:3

4 teams of NDRF at Bhatinda AFB.5 Teams at Hindon AFB. Emergency supplies rushed to Nepal on PM's order.

Teams on standby for WB and Bihar,

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:13

4 Teams of NDRF started for Bihar for rescue and relief operations. Nitish was at Bihar Bhawan and now reached Patna.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:25

Avalanche at Everest following quake.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:29

MEA Press Conference Live

NDRF Press conference at 6 PM.

#GovtThatWorks

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:35

One Building in Embassy collapsed. One local member of embassy staff died. MEA.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:37

Sushma Swaraj @SushmaSwaraj · 9m 9 minutes ago

A house in our Embassy complex collapsed. Unfortunately, the daughter of our employee Madan has died. His wife's condition is serious.
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chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 16:37

Sushma Swaraj @SushmaSwaraj · 1m 1 minute ago

Pl RT
Indian Embassy in Kathmandu Helplines no.s :
+977 9851107021, 9851135141
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Sushma Swaraj @SushmaSwaraj · 4m 4 minutes ago

Pl RT
Control Room numbers : +91 11 2301 2113, +91 11 2301 4104
+91 11 2301 7905
Email : controlroom@mea.gov.in

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 17:02

NDRF: 14 aftershocks of intensity of 5 and above occurred after the main quake . 5 NDRF teams in Nepal with 45 personnel each.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 17:13

Dear all,

Earthquake in Nepal - Control Room established in Ministry of External Affairs

April 25, 2015

In the wake of the earthquake that struck Nepal today, a 24-hour 'Control Room' has been set up in South Block in the Ministry of External Affairs. The contact details are as under:

(i) Phones:

+91 11 2301 2113
+91 11 2301 4104
+91 11 2301 7905

(ii) Fax:

+91 11 2301 8158

(iii) Email:

controlroom@mea.gov.in

2. Embassy of India in Kathmandu can also be reached at +977-985107021, +977-1-4423702

best

--
<del>
Ministry of External Affairs
Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan
New Delhi

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 25 Apr 2015 17:17

Cosmo_R wrote:
chaanakya wrote:10 NDRF Teams to be dispatched to Nepal, in addition to 4 already there. C17Globemaster and C130Hercules and Helicopters from Hindon IFB to carry team to Tribhuvan Airport as these aircrafts can land at the airport which is now closed for civilian traffic.
Don't take this as plug for US equipment but the C-17s and C-130s are far more capable than than the Ilyushins and Antonovs. We should be getting more of both. From Yemen to Nepal and elsewhere the C17s have become the mainstay for relief efforts.

Not the time or place. Here it is a plug. Afterwards, the aviation thread can debate what these bought to the table that another kind couldnt. This is about as silly as that jesus debate that has started. One wonders why the chinese earthquakes were handled without jesus and C17s, or the japanese tsunami for that matter.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 17:22

Emergency Declared in Nepal. Casualty figures now at 758 and rising. Time running out for those trapped under the rubble.

Mobile Field Hospital will reach Nepal Tomorrow. Existing teams of NDRF are , though self sufficient to carry out rescue efforts and first aids.

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 25 Apr 2015 17:26

Misphortunately, these air dropped rescue teams can provide first aid to those that got out, or search for those that are trapped but alive and stable. In a place like nepal with zero heavy equipment and pure ignorance of survival techniques (why? they seem to be living on a roller coaster), this will be but a drop in the bucket.

Practically speaking, vast majority of the "lost" have been given up on. Recall that this is neuj onlee from cat-mandoo valley for the most part. Rest of the country probably is just as badly off if not worse.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 25 Apr 2015 17:29

Something I got in my mail.

My parents live in Kathmandu. Just spoke to to them. They are waiting outside in the open field. Although official figure is 114 ppl died, real figure is approx 1500 died till now.

Thanks
<del>

Sent from my iPhone

one of My staffer from Nepal, who is in touch with his family in Village says 12 members have died in next house which collapsed. Damages in hinterland villages seems extensive due to poor structure. Rescue efforts are yet to reach there due to difficult terrain and damaged roads. In many places land has just shifted. He is trying to call Nepal and ascertain whereabouts of his relatives. What he got report from his relatives situation seems worse than the magnitude of quake would suggest.