Guwahati: The enormous earthquakes in Turkey have not resulted in any information regarding any Indians being stranded, according to Indian authorities.
Indian Ambassador to Turkey Virander Paul speaking on the issue said, “There are 3000 Indian people in Turkey. Not many are in earthquake-affected areas, many have moved out. We are in touch with them. We have no information just yet about any Indian trapped.”
“A field hospital has been set up by the Indian Army in Hatay province. Two C-17 aircraft brought medical team required to set up the hospital with 30 beds,” Paul said.
The ambassador said that the situation in Turkey is quite fluid. However, India continues to be receptive to the demands of the impacted population.
“Situation is very dynamic, every day we come across new requirements. As far as India is concerned, we remain responsive towards the needs of people here,” the ambassador further said.
An 8-year-old girl was rescued from Turkey on Friday by India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) along with the Turkish Army. Turkey had just experienced an earthquake. In Turkey’s Nurdagi, Gaziantep, a structure that had been completely destroyed by the enormous earthquake trapped the girl underneath the debris.
Four days after the earthquake, which was the deadliest in the area in twenty years, struck, more than 24,000 people have been verified dead across southern Turkey and northwest Syria.
The city of Kahramanmaras in eastern Turkey, which was the epicentre of the initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked millions of lives early on Monday, was filled with the stench of death. According to France24, it is situated in an isolated area where many people have already been uprooted by fighting.