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The final National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team under Operation Dost returns home from Turkey after Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced the end of rescue operations.
As per ANI report, Under Operation Dost 3 teams of 151 NDRFHQ personnel and dog squads extended assistance to earthquake-affected Turkey.
NDRF Teams executed search, rescue and relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdagi and Antakya.
“Final NDRF team under #OperationDost returns home from Turkiye. 3 Teams of 151.
@NDRFHQ personnel & dog squads extended assistance to earthquake-affected Turkiye. Teams executed search, rescue & relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdagi & Antakya,” tweeted the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi.
Final NDRF team under #OperationDost returns home from Türkiye.
3 Teams of 151 @NDRFHQ personnel & dog squads extended assistance to earthquake affected Türkiye.
Teams executed search, rescue & relief operations including life detection in 35 worksites of Nurdağı & Antakya. pic.twitter.com/Z6yLlwWHsW
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) February 19, 2023
Meanwhile, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) on Saturday said that search and rescue operations have ended in most provinces nearly two weeks after this month’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, reported Al Jazeera.
“The death toll due to the earthquakes rose to 40,642, and the work of searching and rescue for people stuck under the debris has ended in most of the provinces,” Yunis Sezar, head of AFAD, said in a presser.
“We believe we will end the search and rescue operations by tomorrow night,” he added.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast and neighbouring Syria on February 6, killing more than 45,000 people and leaving more than a million people homeless along with an economical cost expected to run into billions of dollars, reported Al Jazeera.
