Six canines of the NDRF deployed in earthquake-hit Turkiye have proved to be “very very effective” in rescuing survivors from under the debris even as teams from other countries have also utilised their services, officials said on Tuesday.
The federal contingency force of India is also in the process of shifting its two teams from Gaziantep to Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of the country as the possibility of finding survivors in the former city is “almost negligible now”. The third NDRF team is already in Hatay.
The force has rescued two young girls – six years and eight years old, apart from 63 bodies since they began their search and rescue (SAR) operation in that country on February 7 after the Union government sent three of its teams to assist international rescue operations in Turkiye.
The massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on February 6 has claimed more than 35,000 lives and rescuers fear the toll may climb further even as hope for Six canines of the NDRF deployed in earthquake-hit Turkiye have proved to be “very very effective” in rescuing survivors from under the debris even as teams from other countries have also utilised their services, officials said on Tuesday.
The federal contingency force of India is also in the process of shifting its two teams from Gaziantep to Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of the country as the possibility of finding survivors in the former city is “almost negligible now”. The third NDRF team is already in Hatay.
The force has rescued two young girls – six years and eight years old, apart from 63 bodies since they began their search and rescue (SAR) operation in that country on February 7 after the Union government sent three of its teams to assist international rescue operations in Turkiye.
The massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on February 6 has claimed more than 35,000 lives and rescuers fear the toll may climb further even as hope for News