100 buses to evacuate quake-hit Indians from Nepal

April 28, 2015 12:13

On day 4 of the Nepal earthquake, a 100 buses sent by the Indian government to Himalayan country will carry stranded Indian nationals to Gorakhpur and Raxaul today from Kathmandu. The MEA announced that with the road becoming operational, buses are being organized between Kathmandu, Gorakhpur and Raxaul (the entry points to India).

In parts of quake-hit Bihar and UP, the PMO has said that union ministers Ananth Kumar, Radha Mohan Singh and JP Nadda will go to Bihar to take stock of the situation and co-ordinate the relief effort. The PM held a review meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and top officials on the situation arising due to the earthquake.

The PMO has also announced that MoS Dr Jitendra Singh, a doctor by profession, has arranged to send free insulin to diabetes patients among the earthquake victims in Nepal.

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