About earthquake of Nepal

Map showing the location of Earthquake on 25th and 26th April, 2015 in North India and Nepal.

 Earthquake in North India, Nepal — Day 3

27 April, 2015 ,  Highlights 

Areas Affected by Earthquake in Nepal and India
Nepal	India
Kathmandu City (worst hit areas- Jhochhen, Thamel, Basantpur, Nardevi)Kathmandu Valley (worst hit areas- Rasuwa, Sindhupalchowk, Gorkha, Dolakha, Dhading)BhaktapurLalitpurLamjungKirtipurKodari Nagarkot Panaoti Banepa	BiharUttar PradeshWest BengalDelhi/NCRAssamUttarakhandAndhra PradeshOdisha Gujarat Sikkim Karnataka Kochi, Kerala

6:00 PM IST – A team of health experts from AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital were sent to Nepal as the death toll rises.

5:41 PM IST –  As immediate relief for the people in quake-hit Nepal, the Delhi government will send 25,000 packets of and 25,000 pouches of drinking water.

5:23 PM –  SpiceJet has cut down its base fare for the evening flights to Kathmandu for Rs. 1 only for a couple of days. The airline also announced that it will operate two additional planes to aid evacuation of stranded travellers in Nepal.

4: 30 PM – 72 dead in India due to Nepal earthquake – 56 deaths reported in Bihar, 12 in UP, 3 in West Bengal and 1 in Rajasthan

3:38 PM – Lok Sabha MPs to Donate Salary for Relief Work

As per recent reports from the government, about 2,500 Indians have been rescued so far from the quake-hit Nepal. Free visas are also given to the foreigners who are stranded in Nepal and wish to come to India. Also, the members of the Lok Sabha have decided to donate a month’s for the relief work in Nepal. The proposal was given by parliamentary affairs minister m Venkaiah Naidu which was quickly accepted by the opposition.

2:50 PM – Apex Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decides to send 1,00,000 food packets from the community kitchen (langar) of Golden Temple to Nepal.

2:40 PM –  Telugu Actor Vijay Dies in Nepal Earthquake

K Vijay, a Telugu actor has died in the Nepal earthquake. The 25-year-old actor was in Nepal for the shoot of his film ektaram.com, along with his unit. As per reports, Vijay died on the spot when his car in which he was travelling overturned due to the earthquake. The film industry has urged the government to bring Vijay’s body to India.

1:50 PM – Four NDRF teams have been sent to Bihar and one NDRF team is operating in UP: Rajnath Singh
1:45 PM – Four Odia female football players, stranded in Nepal, arrive at Bhubaneswar

12:20 PM –  Seven women from Assam on a pilgrim to Nepal have died in the earthquake. The government is making arrangements to bring their bodies to Guwahati.

11:55 AM –  Union home minister Rajnath Singh said an Indian team for co-ordination has reached Nepal. He also added that PM Modi has spoken to all the Chief Ministers and any help required in the affected areas in India will be taken care of.

11:50 AM –  As per recent update from MEA, currently 10 NDRF teams are operating in Nepal under ‘Operation Maitri’. Alos six more teams are ready for deployment.

11:00 AM –  Schools in Noida and Ghaziabad to remain closed for two days on Monday and Tuesday as ordered by the state government after the earthquake tremors felt on Sunday.

According to Ministry of External Affairs, special buses will start operating in Nepal to evacuate Indians.

B K Prasad, additional secretary in MHA leaves for Nepal to co-ordinate rescue operations.

IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders called off due to the wet outfields at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

10:47 AM – The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managing Committee (DSGMC)sends 25,000 food packets to Nepal. An Indian Air Force IAF aircraft will transport the food packets to the quake-hit areas.

10:23 AM – Nepal government official says death toll from Nepal earthquake rises to 2,789.

10:10 AM – One C-17 of IAF landed at Palam from Kathmandu with 291 passengers on board

India Inc pledges support to people of earthquake-hit Nepal

10:05 AM IST –  Indian business fraternity has pledged support in relief and rehabilitation work in the quake-hit Nepal. Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises, told the media that India Inc is collaborating with government agencies and rescuers during this moment of crisis.

Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, is planning to send vehicles and tractors to Nepal to search, rescue and transport injured people to nearby medical facilities and reach out to homeless people with relief supplies.

Indiabulls Foundation is likely to deploy manpower and financial resources to provide healthcare and essential commodities.

9:30 AM – Death toll crosses 3,700 and more than 6,000 Injured

12:01 AM IST, 27 April, 2015 –  Nepal Earthquake: More than 1,300 Indians evacuated

After a review of the relief operations in quake-hit Nepal, Foreign Secretary of India S Jaishankar has said that already six military aircraft are operational in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu but the government plans to increase the number to 13 by tonight. The foreign secretary further said that more than 1,300 Indians have been evacuated from Nepal.

Earthquake in North India, Nepal — Day 2

26 April, 2015 , Key Highlights

Another earthquake strikes Nepal; tremors felt in Delhi, other cities in India

Another earthquake jolted Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal with the US Geological Survey putting the magnitude of the tremors at 6.7. The Indian capital and several cities in the northern and eastern parts of the country such as Delhi, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Ranchi, Kolkata, Allahabad, Kanpur, Rishikesh and Guwahati felt the tremors that lasted several seconds. The epicentre of this 6.7-magnitude earthquake was 49 km from Banepa in Nepal.

11:46 PM: Nepal Earthquakes: Death toll in India rises to 66; similar tremors expected in country

The death toll in India rose to 66 by Sunday evening with 50 deaths being reported from Bihar, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, two from West Bengal and one from Rajasthan.

Seismologists are of the opinion that an earthquake of similar intensity is “overdue” in northern India” and it might occur “either today or 50 years from now”. According to B.K. Rastogi, the director general of Institute of Seismological Research, seismic gaps have been identified in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand.

The reports from ground zero suggest that the mountaineering teams from the Indian Army and Assam were among those stranded at the base camp of Mount Everest and Indian Air Force helicopters have been mobilised to rescue the stranded climbers.

In the wake of the disaster, the Health Ministry of India has sent a 34-member medical team and 15 tonnes of medical supplies to the affected areas of Nepal.

Meanwhile, telecom giants such as Airtel, BSNL and MTNL have announced their decisions to do their bit. While Airtel announced free calls to Nepal over the next 48 hours, the state-run BSNL and MTNL will charge local rates for calls made to the country from India in the next three days.

10:49 PM – Bihar govt has made arrangements of mats in Patna’s Eco Park for people to sleep.

10:10 PM – Fresh tremor of magnitude 5.4 felt in Nepal and India, people rush out of their homes.

9:00 PM – Patna people continue to stay out of their homes, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets locals earthquake

8:57 PM  – India U-14 girl footballers return safely from quake-hit Nepal

6:53 PM –  Indian civil services Everest expedition members are safe. 1 has knee injury. Have reached Gorakshep from base camp.

4:44 PM – IAF aircraft C17 with 225 Indians arrives in Delhi from Kathmandu.

3:45 PM –  Nepal was rocked by fresh tremors today. Tremors could also be felt in north India, including Delhi. As per the latest reports, more than 50 people have died so far in North India since Saturday. India is aiding Nepal in its rescue mission and since Saturday evening more than 600 Indians have been rescued.

3:33 PM – Tremors measuring around 6.9 on the Richter scale hit Ranchi, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Giridih, Jamshedpur and other parts of Jharkhand on Sunday afternoon.

2:43 PM – Bihar: All govt. and non-govt. schools to remain closed on April 27 & 28 for the safety of children due to aftershocks

1:55 PM – A girl killed, 8 injured in a wall collapse due to fresh tremors in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

1:30 PM IST – another 5.0-magnitude quake hits Nepal, about 29km south-south-west of Kodari.

1:00 PM – Fresh tremors felt again in and around Patna and North India.

1:12 PM IST – LO for evacuation of Indians @ Airport Ravi Sharma 009779818700724, Ranveer Bharti 009779851107010 , Negi 009779851107020, Jha 0097709818832398

11:00 AM IST, 26 April, 2015 –  Another earthquake measuring 4.5 on Richter Scale hit Nepal on Sunday morning at 5:11 am. No loss of life or destruction was reported.

9:09 AM IST – India’s U-14 girls Football team stuck in Nepal due to earthquake

9:00 AM IST – 570 tourists from Maharashtra trapped in Nepal, 150 not traced

8:45 AM IST – IAF aircraft have returned from Kathmandu with 540 Indian

Earthquake in North India, Nepal — Day 1

April 25, 2015 Updates

Strong tremors felt across India as earthquake strikes Nepal

Massive tremors were felt throughout North India after an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude hit Nepal on Saturday just before noon (11:56 am local time). Tremors, which lasted for well over four minutes in some regions, were felt across Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan, Haryana, Sikkim. According to reports, the epicentre of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal. Tremors were also reported from Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh and other cities.

The Delhi-NCR region felt tremors for the second time at around 12.17 pm IST. According to the MeT department, the tremors was measured 6.6 on Richter scale.

Earthquake of 7.9 magnitude in Richter scale was felt in Delhi, Kolkata, NCR, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur,  Allahabad, Agra, Darjeeling, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Nagpur, Gwalior, Indore .

11:20 PM IST –  45 people killed, hundreds injured in India. 30 deaths in Bihar, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in West Bengal and .

– India confirms two of its citizens have died in Nepal quake.

– IAF evacuates 52 Indians from Nepal.

– UP CM Akhilesh Yadav increases the earthquake relief to Rs 7 lakh for every death and all medical help to the injured for free.

– Bihar CM Nitish Kumar confirms reports of 133 people injured in the state due to earthquake so far.

– India’s MEA opens 24-hour control room for queries regarding Nepal earthquake. +91 11 2301 2113 +91 11 2301 4104 +91 11 2301 7905.

– PM Narendra Modi calls high-level meeting at 3pm to discuss situation emerging due to earthquake.

– There is no preliminary report of damage anywhere in India due to quake, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

– Deep K Upadhyay, Nepal’s ambassador to India, recently posted on Twitter that PM Modi is in contact with the Nepalese government and he has assured full support in this moment of crisis

–  3 people died in north Bengal and 30 people injured all over the State

– Pillar number 84 of Gandhi Setu in Patna got crack due to the earthquake

– Nearly 125 people from Maharashtra and Telangana are stranded in Nepal

8:39 PM IST – Indian Air Force is evacuating 250 Indians from Kathmandu today.

6: 53 PM – 22 climbers dead, 217 missing in quake-triggered avalanche on Mt Everest.

11:20 PM IST – Death toll in Nepal after massive earthquake rises to 1500: Officials

– At least five persons, including an 83-year-old woman, were killed in Tibet after a powerful earthquake of 7.9 magnitude jolted neighbouring Nepal.

– First Indian Air Force aircraft with NDRF personnel and relief materials lands in Nepal.

– At least 18 mountaineers killed on Mount Everest after Nepal earthquake.

– People inspect the damage of the collapsed landmark Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower.

– Google launches Person Finder for 2015 Nepal earthquake –  http://google.org/personfinder/2015-nepal-earthquake/

Nepal Earthquake Updates: Kills Over 2,500 People

The 7.9 magnitude quake struck an area between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara.

8:57 PM – – 22 climbers dead, 217 missing in quake-triggered avalanche on Mt Everest.

7:38 PM – Kathmandu airport closed due to heavy rain and thunderstorm.

4:40 PM – Several temples, including Kasthamandap, Panchtale temple, the nine-storey Basantapur Durbar, the Dasa Avtar temple, Krishna Mandir, were demolished by the quake.

4:05 PM – The worst affected districts are Gorkha, Dhading, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok, Kavrepalanchok and Dolakha

11:40 AM – Over 6.6 million affected in Nepal earthquake

11:30 AM IST – India has sent special sniffer dogs who are trained especially for such relief operations.

11:20 AM IST – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi assures all possible help to Nepal

9:30AM – The US is sending a disaster response team to Nepal and has released an initial $1m (£0.7m) to address immediate needs, the US aid agency USAid has said.

9:20 AM IST – Earthquake death toll rises to 1,832, over 4,718 people injured: Nepal home ministry

9:00 AM IST – First five MI17 helicopters of IAF have landed in Kathmandu

– Avalanche triggered by quake kills 18 on Mount Everest
– UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon condoles deaths in Nepal quake

– Officials have said some temples and monuments at other world heritage sites near Kathmandu have also been damaged, these include a nine-storey tower, temples and some parts of what was once a royal palace, all listed as Unesco world heritage sites.

Nepal Earthquake

MEA 24 hour Control Room numbers for Nepal Earthquake:

+91-11-2301-2113
+91-11-2301-4104
+91-11-2301-7905

Indian Embassy in Nepal

00977-9851107021

Emergency Number : Police/Ambulance

Police Control – 100
Police Emergency Number – 4228435/4226853
Metropolitan police range (Kathmandu) – 4261945/4261790
Metropolitan Police Range (Lalitpur) – 5521207
Metropolitan Police Range (Bhaktapur) – 6614821
Paropakar Ambulance Service – 4260859
Lalitpur redcross Ambulance Service – 5545666
Bishal Bazar Ambulance Service – 4244121
Redcross Ambulance Service – 4228094
Agrawal Seva Center – 4424875
Aasara Drug Rehabilitation Center – 01 – 4384881