PM Modi assures Nepal | Fusion - WeRIndia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated on Sunday that India will do its best to “wipe the tears” of Nepal people. Calling Nepalese citizens brothers and sisters, Modi has stated that India will be there to support them in this grief.

On his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat, Modi stated that people of India stand alongside of ever Nepali to help them get through the deadly earth quake. He said that the government will be providing help to all the places which were hit by the earthquake in India and Nepal. Saying that there are still some people buried under the debris who need to be rescued, Modi gave his assurance.

As part of rescue operations, the government has sent a team of experts and also sniffer dogs who are specially trained for such operations. Once the rescue operations are done, there will be relief work to help the victims. The process of rehabilitation will go on for a long time.

Modi added that he has seen such a calamity before in 2001 Gujarat earthquake and said that he knows how dreadful it is.

In order to help Indians who have relatives in Nepal, government has launched several helplines. Here are the numbers.

Emergency numbers for Nepal earthquake: 4261 945 and 5521 207

Helpline numbers of the Indian Embassy in Nepal: +977 9581107021, +977 9851135141

State helplines for Nepal earthquake:

Telangana: 09650990016, 040- 23454088

Andhra Pradesh: 011-23385016

NDMA: 01126701728/ 29

WB:1070

Gujarat: 079 23251900/ 079 23251902/ 14

Maharashtra: 011- 23380326, 022-22027990

MEA opens 24 hour Control Room for queries regarding tragic Nepal earthquake with numbers:

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

Image credit: Shri Narendra Modi addressing All India Conference on Livestock and Dairy Development image by Narendra Modi is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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