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Relief Are On Full Swing:Earth Quake

[New Delhi] Relief Are On Full Swing :Earth QuakeAn earthquake with an intensity of 7.9 on ritcher scale with epicenter 77 kilometer north-west of Kathmandu has been experienced today. The impact of the earthquake has been felt in almost all northern States in India particularly in Bihar+ Uttar Pradesh+Sikkim+West Bengal. Emergency has been declared in Nepal
. As per the latest information, Provided By Ministry Of Home ,34 deaths have been confirmed so far with
[23] deaths in Bihar,
[8] in Uttar Pradesh and
[ 3] in West Bengal. In order to deal with the situation in the affected States, 5 teams of National Disaster Response Force( NDRF) have already been sent; one team to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and one each to Darbhanga, Supaul, Motihari and Gopalganj in Bihar. 3.5 Ton Releaf Material Has Also Been Sent To Nepal By Special Helicopter.
Each team of NDRF consists of 45 personnel who are fully equipped with the modern equipments to deal with search and rescue operations.There are sniffer dogs in these teams.
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) in the Cabinet Secretariat has already met and reviewed the situation through video-conferencing with the Chief Secretaries of affected States. The NCMC will be meeting regularly to take stock of the situation and the relief measures.
Control Rooms 24X7 have been set up both in MHA and NDMA with following number:-011- 2309 3564, 23093566 (MHA Control Room ), 011-26701728, 26701729, 9868881801(M) – (NDMA Control Room) Meanwhile , an inter Governmental coordination cell has been set up in Cabinet Secretariat which will coordinate all relief measures for Nepal as well as for Indian States. This will function on round-the-clock basis and the phone numbers are :- 011- 2301 6633, 2379 2281.
A report by the Seismic Division of the Indian Meteorological Department says major damage is expected in and around the epicentral region. The source region is expected to experience an intensity of IX and above at Modified Mercalli scale(MMI) , which corresponds to considerable damage even in specially designed structures . 14 aftershocks were also reported of much less magnitude till last reports came in Immediately in about ten minutes of occurrence of the quake the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Center (ITEWC) of INCOIS- Indian Nation Center for Ocean Information Services and the IMD also sent alert to all higher authorities of the government indicating the epicenter and the magnitude of the quake