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Nepal takes charge as toll mountsNepal takes charge as toll mounts
Nepal Takes Charge As Toll Mounts. Thousands of military and police personnel were on Tuesday deployed as Nepal took over from foreign rescue teams to mount massive operations to rehabilitate displaced victims of the devastating temblor that has killed at least 7,557 people, including 41 Indians.
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Kathmandu: Thousands of military and police personnel were on Tuesday deployed as Nepal took over from foreign rescue teams to mount massive operations to rehabilitate displaced victims of the devastating temblor that has killed at least 7,557 people, including 41 Indians.
A day after the Nepalese government asked rescue teams from India and 33 other countries to leave the Himalayan nation, over 1,31,500 Nepali military and police personnel joined aid operations in different areas.
The government said the personnel are aided by more than 100 teams of foreign relief workers in the arduous task that lies before them after the powerful April 25 temblor.
Some 11 rescue teams comprising over 500 rescue workers, including India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, which had the largest presence in Nepal after the country faced its worst disaster in over 80 years, have left.
Officials said the Nepalese army and police "would now be taking over from the foreign teams".
Four of India's 16 NDRF teams were today airlifted and brought to Chandigarh, a senior NDRF officer told PTI.
Three other teams were on their way to Patna by road from Kathmandu. The remaining 9 teams will leave in a day or two, the officer said. The death toll has continuously been on the rise, with at least 7,557 people confirmed dead, including 41 Indians, while the number of injured has reached 14,536.
Meanwhile, Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala today visited Barpak in Gorkha district, the epicentre of the deadly quake, 11 days after the 7.9-magnitude temblor jolted the country, to take stock of the situation.
During the visit, he pointed out the need for formation of a separate ministry to deal with the aftermath of any natural disasters in the future.
Visiting Barpak and other quake-affected areas in the district, Koirala said the rehabilitation of the damaged houses and communities would begin soon after the relief distribution ends.
"Tents and foodstuffs are in much demand here and the government is coordinating with neighbouring countries to deal with the post-quake situation," Koirala said.
