<span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India is sending search and rescue teams, a field hospital, materials, medicines and equipment to Türkiye and Syria under Operation Dost. He said, Indian National Disaster Response Force teams have now reached Gaziantep and commenced search and rescue operations.<br />''<br />''India has sent four C-17 planeloads of relief material, equipment and personnel, weighing over 108 tons to earthquake hit Turkiye as humanitarian assistance. These include self-contained search and rescue units of NDRF numbering over 100 personnel, with their equipment, vehicles and dog squads. These units have specialised equipment for detection, location, access and extrication.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''They are able to conduct collapsed structure search and rescue (CSSR) operations. The assistance also includes equipment and 99 personnel to set up a 30-bed medical facility in field operating conditions. The medical equipment includes x-ray machines, ventilators, operation theatres, vehicles, ambulances, and generators.</span><br />
News On AIR | February 8, 2023 4:18 PM
India is sending search & rescue teams, field hospital, materials, medicines & equipment to T'rkiye and Syria under Operation Dost: EAM S Jaishankar