Turkey-Syria, Feb 7: A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkey region on Tuesday, hours after three devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people. Thousands more are injured and the search for survivors is on. Many countries, including India, are sending in supplies and relief teams.
The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, warned WHO.
India Lends Helping Hand:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that India will provide “all possible assistance” to Turkey.
The decision to help Turkey was taken in a meeting led by P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the PM. Cabinet Secretary and representatives of relevant Ministries had attended the meeting.
The meeting decided to send search and rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and medical professionals “immediately”.
Accordingly, two teams of the NDRF comprising 100 personnel with specially trained dog squads and medical personnel have been prepared to be deployed in the disaster-affected Turkish area.
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