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NDRF suspends rescue ops in Kathmandu after heavy rain
April 28, 2015
Heavy rain in Nepal, most rescue operations have come to a standstill. Dust storm and heavy rain in eastern India (Bihar, UP, Jharkhand) as well. NDRF has suspended all relief operations till the rain subsides.
The National Disaster Relief Force on Monday said conducting salvage
operations in the earthquake-hit Himalayan country is becoming a time
consuming affair as the collapse pattern of the buildings in Kathmandu
is much different and unique from what the force has experienced
earlier.
"This is because the collapse of the standing structures and buildings is
different from what we have seen in India. The buildings have gone down
badly and we have to drill holes in maximum number of cases to
go through concrete slabs or walls and get inside the rubble," NDRF Director General P Singh said.
This is a picture from the Baluwatar area of Kathmandu.
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