Operation Sankat Mochan

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Operation Sankat Mochan
ओपरेशन संकट मोचन
Part of Response to April 2015 Nepal earthquake

Nepal Army and Turkish Disaster Relief aid worker working together.
Type Emergency response
Location Earthquake-affected areas of Central Nepal
Objective Search and rescue, disaster relief
Date 26 April 2015 –
Executed by Nepal Army and Indian Army
Casualties
  • 6,311+ confirmed dead[1]
  • 14,000+ injured[2]

Operation Sankat Mochan (Nepali: संकट मोचन, Operation Crisis Relief) is a Nepal Army earthquake relief operation following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; the Nepal Army has deployed 90 percent of its force.[3][4]

Operation

Nepal army took three phase operation initiative.

Interagency collaboration

Hundreds of army personnel from different countries and 17,000 Armed Police Force officials support the Nepal Army.[5] Countries include India, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Bangladesh, Israel, Netherlands, Bhutan, Poland, USA, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, France, Spain, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Belgium, Russia, Norway, UK, Switzerland, Germany and UAE. India leads the countries in personnel with 962 and China comes in second with 370.

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal PM faces ire of quake victims". The Hindu. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. ↑ The Assam Tribune Online, Nepal quake toll rises above 3,700, 2015 April 27
  3. ↑ "Deadly earthquake: Death toll reaches 4,400", Kantipur (daily), 28 April 2015
  4. ↑ "Operation Sankat Mochan : Nepal Army Official", 8 May 2015
  5. ↑ "NEPAL QUAKE: Death toll hits 4,769", The Kathmandu Post, 29 April 2015

See also

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth, which can be violent enough to destroy major buildings and kill thousands of people. The severity of the shaking can range from barely felt to violent enough to toss people around. Earthquakes have destroyed whole cities. They result from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time.

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