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ADGPI - Indian Army

Operation Maitri (Relief and Rescue in Nepal). To have better synergy among two armies a Task Force Headquarters has been set up. Satellite communication link between Nepalese Army Head Quarters and Indian Army Task Force has been established. Maj Gen JS Sandhu is controlling and coordinating operations in Kathmandu and Brig J Gamlin is located in Barpak. The main task of Indian Army is Relief and Rescue , to provide Medical care and open road communications at the earliest. An Indian Army Engineer Task Force is located 5 KM outside Kathmandu. In addition a Movement Control Team led by a Colonel is set up in Kathmandu to direct relief convoys to affected areas. To enhance the communication network five High Frequency communication detachments have been inducted for direct communication between Nepal and India to expedite relief operations. #NepalEarthquake
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Operation Maitri (Relief and Rescue in Nepal). Indian Army has further enhanced its engineering efforts by inducting 40 personnel, 5 x Earth Moving Equipment and some power Generators to expedite the rescue operations #NepalEarthquake
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Sitanshu Kar @SpokespersonMoD · 23m 23 minutes ago

#NepalEarthquake : Sorties by Heptrs 2day-42, Moved-112 PX, 161 casualties, 29 Nepal Army troops & 10150 Kg relief.
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#Turning30 ‏@tripathitweet28 1h1 hour ago

News 2: Spain seeks Indias help in getting its nationals out of Nepal http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 072762.cms
Embassy of India KTM ‏@eoiktmnp 1h1 hour ago

1medical and 1 engineering rescue team from India landed today at Barpak, epicentre of #nepalearthquake @MEAIndia, 4 ALH landed in Pokhra
Mukul ‏@MukulAgarwal66 26m26 minutes ago

132 buses from UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand have been sent to nepal for rescue work
Vikas Swarup ‏@MEAIndia 3h3 hours ago

Individuals/organisatoins wishing to contribute to #NepalQuakeRelief may contact Maj Gen Anurag Gupta - 8527892258; email: [email protected]
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Bade wrote:Road access should still be open. No reports of major landslides cutting off roads yet ? From the hazard maps below looks like the immediate Kathmandu area is less susceptible, but the lower hills towards the plains are usually at higher risk...must be due to soil conditions perhaps. Both maps are useful.
Bade saar,

It is function of where the shallow part of the subduction zone is. The subduction surface contact is ~ 100 km south of Katmandu. As the contact becomes more shallow the rocks become cooler and more brittle, leading to increasing ground acceleration. The reports say ~3.5 meter of movement. All that movement occurred all the way down to the bottom of the fault, ~100km deep, just that below 10-15 km deep the rocks are too plastic to store the strain and simply slide past. This is why I dislike the richter scale, it is simply meaningless and unusable. Instead look at the PGA (peak ground acceleration map) According to that map the worst acceleration occurred ~ 100 km south of Katmandu. Right over the most brittle part of the fault zone. I think that is where you will find the most catastrophic damage and higher percentage of casualties.

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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

And above all, we salute the resilience of our sisters & brothers in Nepal & parts of India, for their courage in the face of disaster.

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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

The immense co-operation between Centre & the States is a major asset in times like these. A big thanks to all State Governments.
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

Mention must be made of the media. They are bravely covering the disaster from the ground. Thanks!

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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

We owe a big thanks to the enthusiastic youngsters who are mobilising contributions for relief work be it cash, resources & medicines etc.
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

We must thank our armed forces, NDRF teams, doctors & all those volunteers who are overcoming every obstacle to restore normalcy in Nepal.

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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

If we want to thank anyone, it should be the 125 crore people of India who have made Nepal's pain their own & extended all help.
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi · 11h 11 hours ago

To all those saying #ThankYouPM- appreciate the sentiment…real thanks should be to our great culture, which teaches us 'Seva Parmo Dharma'.
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Rescued people being taken to safe zone by IAF

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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/asia/ ... index.html
India Rushes to Nepal's Aid
New Delhi, India (CNN)As the earth shook in Nepal, tremors were felt over the border in India as well.

It was a call to action: Within hours of the first 7.8 magnitude quake, India began planning a massive cross-border aid mission.

With each hour, the scale of the devastation in Nepal became clearer -- some 3,862 people are known to have died so far -- and plans in India, where 72 people were also killed, got bigger.

On Sunday alone, India delivered 187 tons of supplies, including 50 tons of water, 22 tons of food and 2 tons of medicine. And there will be more to come.

Hundreds of trained disaster relief troops landed in Kathmandu and quickly got to work.

With each flight in, there was a flight back out, packed with Indians and other nationals escaping to safety: 2,000 and counting have fled so far.

By Monday, India was in full-scale crisis mode: From airports across India, planes flew in loaded with aid, and trucks made the trip by land from India's east, aiming for more remote areas.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a special effort over Nepal. He has visited the country twice in his first year in office.

And on Sunday, in his national radio address to the nation, he said Indians needed to "wipe the tears of every Nepali, hold their hands, and stand with them."

It all highlights the more proactive role taken by India in recent months.

Just weeks ago, India flexed its military muscle to rescue Indians and other nationals from conflict-torn Yemen. Now, it is taking the lead in Nepal.

Some might say India's friendship is a signal for the other big country that shares a border with Nepal: China.

A display of hard power, perhaps to achieve enduring soft power in the region.

But in times like this, help is always welcome. First there's the immediate search and rescue operation, and then the long process of rebuilding work.

Nepal will need India's friendship -- as well as China's -- for many long months ahead.
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With Nepal we share " Roti Beti " relationship. Let us not forget that Mata Sita was from Janakpur, Nepal ( Mithilanchal) and Ramayan is entwined with Indian culture and religion. Whatever India does will be its duty towards Nepal. For decades efforts have been to weaken the traditional bondage. CHina can not understand the deep linkages. Narendra Bhai has rekindled ancient relations. It should continue after initial R&R to Resettlement and Rehabilitation. Taking care of Children, orphans, girls , women old and infirm as our own would be needed. He is expert in that and I hope it would stand in good stead.
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There are 50+ quakes (> Mag 4) in last few days just in this area...
(From USGS)
4.1
14km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-27 14:57:00 UTC10.0 km
5.1
10km SW of Mirik, India
2015-04-27 12:35:52 UTC29.4 km
4.2
23km NNW of Hitura, Nepal
2015-04-27 00:39:16 UTC10.0 km
4.6
17km SE of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-26 22:32:34 UTC10.0 km
4.4
15km W of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 20:39:20 UTC10.0 km
4.2
43km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-26 18:54:49 UTC10.0 km
5.3
25km ENE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-26 16:26:05 UTC10.0 km
4.4
31km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-26 14:57:05 UTC17.6 km
4.6
24km ESE of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-26 14:44:49 UTC10.0 km
4.5
8km NE of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-26 13:11:15 UTC10.0 km
4.5
21km NE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-26 08:46:16 UTC10.0 km
4.6
16km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-26 08:40:55 UTC10.0 km
4.7
25km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:36:26 UTC10.0 km
5.0
29km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:26:04 UTC10.0 km
6.7
19km SSE of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-26 07:09:10 UTC17.3 km

4.4
30km NE of Bharatpur, Nepal
2015-04-26 04:58:39 UTC10.0 km
4.6
24km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-26 02:48:39 UTC10.0 km
4.5
29km NNW of Ramechhap, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:41:52 UTC10.0 km
5.6
41km WNW of Kirtipur, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:16:15 UTC10.0 km
4.3
27km NNW of Ramechhap, Nepal
2015-04-25 23:12:52 UTC10.0 km
4.7
20km E of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 21:07:17 UTC10.0 km
4.4
24km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 20:32:48 UTC10.0 km
4.1
2km E of Patan, Nepal
2015-04-25 18:58:34 UTC10.0 km
5.4
23km NW of Chongdui, China
2015-04-25 17:42:49 UTC3.2 km
4.9
23km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 16:27:21 UTC10.0 km
4.6
14km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 14:10:02 UTC10.0 km
4.6
23km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 13:36:14 UTC10.0 km
4.6
51km NNW of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 13:30:28 UTC10.0 km
5.2
29km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 12:44:04 UTC10.0 km
4.5
32km N of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 12:17:55 UTC10.0 km
4.2
36km N of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 12:01:13 UTC10.0 km
4.4
21km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 10:53:43 UTC10.0 km
4.8
32km E of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 10:40:35 UTC10.0 km
4.2
20km WSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 10:23:19 UTC10.0 km
5.0
31km NNW of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 09:30:29 UTC10.0 km
5.7
33km SE of Xegar, China
2015-04-25 09:17:02 UTC10.0 km
4.9
19km N of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 09:03:15 UTC10.0 km
5.3
1km WNW of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:55:55 UTC10.0 km
4.4
39km NNW of Hitura, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:49:09 UTC10.0 km
5.0
41km SE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:29:24 UTC10.0 km
4.7
22km W of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:20:11 UTC10.0 km
4.9
17km ENE of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:16:59 UTC10.0 km
4.6
20km E of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 08:05:37 UTC10.0 km
5.0
15km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:47:01 UTC10.0 km
4.5
22km E of Banepa, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:39:33 UTC10.0 km
4.8
33km N of Kathmandu, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:16:56 UTC10.0 km
4.8
5km SE of Panaoti, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:13:44 UTC10.0 km
5.0
25km S of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 07:07:59 UTC10.0 km
5.5
25km NNE of Nagarkot, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:56:34 UTC10.0 km
6.6
49km E of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:45:21 UTC14.6 km

5.1
28km SSW of Kodari, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:37:58 UTC9.8 km
7.8
34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal
2015-04-25 06:11:26 UTC15.0 km

4.9
254km ENE of Port Blair, India
2015-04-23 23:58:21 UTC28.4 km
5.0
51km SSE of Jumla, Nepal
2015-04-21 14:02:19 UTC41.8 km
5.2
270km N of Bamboo Flat, India
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Singha wrote:so far no indic news channel atleast has explained with a chart what are the various workflows of a post-disaster ops like this, the planning, stages, people and machinery involved.
DD should pick this up and do a decent explanation documentary after things cool down a little. This will educate people and lessen the primeval fear and resulting panic in future events (we can pray that never happens, but ...).
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Even Indian dogs are not dogs. This is the media one relies on, quotes, and debates?
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Shreeman wrote:Image

Even Indian dogs are not dogs. This is the media one relies on, quotes, and debates?
I asked Rahul Kanwal who was posting this image from AFP, how he did not find inaccuracies in this image. Indian dogs as well as Emergency experts are invisible to AFP.
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Prahar,

The scale is the same on whats important to everyone -- $$.

$1M vs. $1B

Why do you think the $ is missing?

edit -- ps, just in case it needs to be spelled out. It is "we are not going to do anything, and we cant let it look like someone else is doing something". This is the model of western philanthropy. Anything to not take a hit on the H&D or bank balance. Others pay and work as slaves, it gets named rajiv gandhi institution and you get all the fees generated.
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Meanwhile a few tidbits ..(cut and paste from a few sources)

... Spain sought India's help in evacuating its nationals from Nepal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the Spanish Foreign Minister that India will provide all possible help to Spanish nationals in Nepal
(Link: http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asi ... 85623.html)

...
The Indian government is sending teams of senior executives and engineers from state-run energy companies to Nepal in order to restore power lines and ensure uninterrupted fuel supply. In the first phase, a team of five senior executives from the Indian Oil Corporation and more than a dozen engineers from transmission undetaking PowerGrid Corporation of India have gone to Nepal...

..Approximately 5,400 Indian citizens were evauated from Nepal. 30 foreign nationals were also evacuated to India. The Indian government received requests for help from many countries and took steps to evacuate their citizens to India.

..The Indian Army Engineer Task Force (Indian Army Corps of Engineers) succeeded in repairing and reopening the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara. ..

..The Ministry of Defence (India) established a satellite communication link between the Indian Army Engineer Task Force and the Nepalese Army Headquarters.

The Indian Army set up a task force head quarters in Kathmandu under Major General Sandhu and another in Barpak under Brigadier Gamlin.. on the request and coordination of Nepalese Army. ..

India is sending Unmanned aerial vehicles to Kathmandu to map the destruction in Nepal and help channelize resources effectively. The UAVs will also help in locating survivors in half-collapsed buildings and can be used to look through balconies or windows for any trapped victims.
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Yes, this is important, right?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/asia/ ... ef=edition
As Nepal grapples with an earthquake that has killed more than 3,400 people, Ronen Ziv worries about someone he has never met.

His unborn baby is due this week in Kathmandu. He had tickets to travel to Nepal for his child's birth from a surrogate mother, but now he has no choice but to wait in his native Israel for news.
Literally, mot$%^&^%ers.
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I read that Israel has evacuated the surrogate babies and Israeli parents.
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^^^ Yep. They evacuated a few in the small plane that went in first. But there are too many. And in this condition, or this late, you cant travel or evacuate.

I saw the 2x B747s land late last light into KTM. They would take out another 500ish. But tgere are ~2000 tourists from israel itching to get out.

This is the thing -- when going was good, use the facilities. Now cut and run. And complain.
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Shreeman wrote:Yes, this is important, right?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/asia/ ... ef=edition
As Nepal grapples with an earthquake that has killed more than 3,400 people, Ronen Ziv worries about someone he has never met.

His unborn baby is due this week in Kathmandu. He had tickets to travel to Nepal for his child's birth from a surrogate mother, but now he has no choice but to wait in his native Israel for news.
Literally, mot$%^&^%ers.
I am surprised you are angry, you of all the people would know that Western society is extremely narcissistic, this is only expected to happen. They really don't give a crap for high melanin folks like you and me.
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That is what I am worried about. Who is controlling what in the chaos. I am sure the Israelis did not follow the required Nepali law when the took the surrogate baby. Who knows what else they have done.
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Oh man, I am moved that a people of a poor country will help those worse off than themselves. Give the Nepalis whatever they need, my first instinct was to let them go to China.
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Bar one or two articles, I have seen very little credit being given to the rapid and sustained Indian effort internationally. The effort is truly impressive. Much more is needed and, as the PM said, we do whatever is needed. Any avenue that you have access to, kindly post, tweet and do whatever to point to all the things that are being done and may still need to be done. E.g. India has reached and brought services to the epicenter area now.
The power grid is being pulled up, the road links coming back, and so on. This thread is a godsend, and thanks to the works of a few good men. My fingers are getting tired retweeting on twitter, and elsewhere. And yet, the self-serving arrogant, effing...well let's just do what we can to keep a sharp visibility of the ongoing effort. Posting and reposting the donation links would be excellent, if you already are doing it, many thanks.
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LokeshC wrote:quote="Shreeman"Yes, this is important, right?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/asia/ ... ef=edition
As Nepal grapples with an earthquake that has killed more than 3,400 people, Ronen Ziv worries about someone he has never met.

His unborn baby is due this week in Kathmandu. He had tickets to travel to Nepal for his child's birth from a surrogate mother, but now he has no choice but to wait in his native Israel for news.
Literally, mot$%^&^%ers./quote

I am surprised you are angry, you of all the people would know that Western society is extremely narcissistic, this is only expected to happen. They really don't give a crap for high melanin folks like you and me.
As long as they dont lie, cheat, or steal outright, I could care less. The problem is that the selfless charity has lead to $1B to Nepal and $1B+ to Boeing for 3 C17. An equitable distribution. All those "better than gold C17" ads brought results.

I an not surprised, and I have trouble being upset or angry in general. But this level of stupidity has to be called out, even if its by someone as ineffective and kooky like me.

Nepal has lost more than thousands of people. 100 years ago their culture was not under this level of threat. Purely because they were even less important or more inaccessible. This time, for PTSD reasons alone there might not be any survival possible. Religion and communism are already itching to occupy the vacant space.
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So if the first aircraft left Indian soil in the matter of 4-6 hours with tonnes of material; it shows the readiness of Indian system. Kudos to all people involved in the first hours of this relief.
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Indian National Disaster Response Force personnel ready with their best friends.. to be flown to Nepal (at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on April 27, 2015)
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Another picture with Men's best friends in action
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^^^ They have been there since day 1. Even the first NDRF team took a few, if I recall right. Western dogs dont have bionic noses, but they are somehow better.

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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/nep ... e-efforts/
large image -- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/wp-content/ ... X1AH8J.jpg
pictures of IAF ==> license fee to reuters ==> Money to anyone but PM fund.

Sorry, no image resizer available.
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Any Indian charity registered in the USA that is helping Nepal victims? I do not want give any of my money to those listed in the PBS above.
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Sewa -- https://www.sewausa.org/
SGPC should have a portal.

There will always be shortcomings of these people, international, indian or nepali.

Why not pm fund?

https://pmnrf.gov.in/

The website is crashed, they need to get some oracle operators from the US. But as soon as thats done, you can donate. Just a matter of summer, winter, and sea-level testing.
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PM fund is my last resort. But I do not think it is registered as charity here. I want to stick it to the USA IRS and help the victims. That would be priceless.
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saip wrote:PM fund is my last resort. But I do not think it is registered as charity here. I want to stick it to the USA IRS and help the victims. That would be priceless.
seva is 501c3.

http://www.sewausa.org/frequently-asked-questions

dont know about their effectiveness.
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Shreeman, thanks a lot. Will send my donation.
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Shreeman wrote:Sewa -- https://www.sewausa.org/
SGPC should have a portal.

There will always be shortcomings of these people, international, indian or nepali.

Why not pm fund?

https://pmnrf.gov.in/

The website is crashed, they need to get some oracle operators from the US. But as soon as thats done, you can donate. Just a matter of summer, winter, and sea-level testing.
you can still donate to PMNRF via paytm. some of my FB friends have done so.
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saip wrote:PM fund is my last resort. But I do not think it is registered as charity here. I want to stick it to the USA IRS and help the victims. That would be priceless.
also see if u can get company match for your choice of charity.
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Rahul M wrote:
Shreeman wrote:Sewa -- https://www.sewausa.org/
SGPC should have a portal.

There will always be shortcomings of these people, international, indian or nepali.

Why not pm fund?

https://pmnrf.gov.in/

The website is crashed, they need to get some oracle operators from the US. But as soon as thats done, you can donate. Just a matter of summer, winter, and sea-level testing.
you can still donate to PMNRF via paytm. some of my FB friends have done so.
BTW, couple of pages ago someone said PMNRF will be used only for providing aid to citizens of Bharat. Is that true?
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No. It is not true. The PM himself is donating a months salary.

Manu Pabbys of the world would like to see that money go to a "charity" rather than to charitable effort.

This --
1. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/after-ne ... und-758583
2. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 077073.cms
3. http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/pm- ... 85987.html
4. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/m ... 147274.ece

and definitively,

5. http://pmindia.gov.in/en/pms-funds/

there is no limitation preventing use in nepal. this is the medicine to be rectally inserted into anyone who is spreading that rumor.
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delhi schools have belatedly started instructing their kids what to do when a earthquake happens..as seen on TV they are asked to put their bags on top of head and crawl under their tables.
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