10 Indians stuck in Turkey, one missing: MEA

 

 

TEN Indians are stuck in remote parts of earthquake-hit Turkey but they are safe while one citizen is missing, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. Secretary (West) in the MEA Sanjay Verma said, the Indians in Turkey are relatively safe. He said, the Government is in touch with the family members of the Indian who is missing in Turkey. India has already sent relief materials to Turkiye in four military aircraft.

Meanwhile, a third team of 51 NDRF personnel is being rushed to earthquake-hit Turkey even as two teams present there have launched rescue operations at multiple collapsed structures, Director General of the force Atul Karwal said. The third team of the federal contingency force has already been airlifted from Varanasi to Delhi and the rescuers are expected to leave for the disaster-struck nation by tonight on board an IAF plane, he said.