India evacuates 1,935 Indians from Nepal in 12 sorties
April 27, 2015  08:54
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MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweets: 1,935 Indians evacuated from Nepal via 12 IAF aircraft sorties.

Stepping up relief and rescue operations in quake-hit Nepal, India on Sunday deployed over two dozen aircraft and choppers along with nearly 1000 trained personnel and said the situation in the Himalayan nation was "very, very serious".

A slew of steps have been taken for speedy evacuation of stranded tourists including goodwill visas to foreigners and mobilising of buses and ambulances to bring them by road. Over 1,000 people have been flown from there since Saturday.

Addressing a press conference here, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said that situation may worsen in Nepal as heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted over the next two days, which will hamper the salvage operations.
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