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7.8 magnitude quake slams Nepal; hundreds dead, authorities say

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The indian government responded with men and material aid within hours. Disaster management team swung into action helped by defence services. Two transport planes landed in kathmandu airport with tons of relief material. Railways pitched in with 1 lakh bottles of packaged water 'neer', and will continue to supply. About 400 indian tourists were evacuated, and efforts are on to bring all indians tourists back. Sushma swaraj has appealed to relatives of tourists to inform stranded to contact indian mission in kathmandu for help.

RSS has sent 20000 volunteers for the rescue efforts. And the media will not make any mention of their services, and are careful not to show pictures of their service.
 
I was sitting in the sitout of a multi stored building in the Ground floor around noon in Gurgaon (30 kms from New Delhi) yesterday when I felt an eerie feeling gripping me...Suddenly the platform that I was sitting looked like crumbling..I immediately rushed out to the open space where I was joined by many others as well...Fortunately Delhi escaped.. I could understand the extent of damage in Kathmandu from TV visuals...There is pandemonium in Kathmandu (1066 kms from Gurgaon) which was stuck by a 7.8 magnitude earth quake inflicting heavy casualties and huge devastation!
 
The indian government responded with men and material aid within hours. Disaster management team swung into action helped by defence services. Two transport planes landed in kathmandu airport with tons of relief material. Railways pitched in with 1 lakh bottles of packaged water 'neer', and will continue to supply. About 400 indian tourists were evacuated, and efforts are on to bring all indians tourists back. Sushma swaraj has appealed to relatives of tourists to inform stranded to contact indian mission in kathmandu for help.

RSS has sent 20000 volunteers for the rescue efforts. And the media will not make any mention of their services, and are careful not to show pictures of their service.

RSS is doing a yeoman service! Appreciate this!
 
Photographs taken before and after the devastation!

Before:

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Yogi Ramdev in Nepal

Yoga Guru Ramdev had a narrow escape during the devastating earthquake in Kathmandu on Saturday as a dais from which he had addressed a gathering collapsed soon after he stepped down.
Ramdev also said that he saw a multi-story building collapsing and many people were trapped inside it. Ramdev is in the Nepalese capital with his associate Acharya Balkrishan for his Yoga Shivir from April 24 to 29.
“Narrating the incident in a state of shock and grief, Ramdev said that in front of his eyes, an old multi-storey building collapsed and many lives were trapped inside," said an official statement released from his office.
Union minister Sushma Swaraj said in a tweet, “We have contacted Ramdev in Kathmandu. He wishes to be there in this hour of crisis."
According to Ramdev, massive damage to property and loss of lives was caused in Nepal. He has seen such natural disaster for the first time and was not in a position to understand what actions he should take in first place.

The statement further claimed that over two lakh people had assembled in Tundi Khel Maidan -- the venue of Yoga Shivir and also Kathmandu's largest open area -- and taken shelter there.
"The Patanjali Yogpeeth in Nepal has started all possible emergency and relief operation through doctors and volunteers. Cooking of food for people assembled in the ground has begun on massive scale," the statement added.
Ramdev expressed solidarity with the people of Nepal in this tough time. He also appealed to the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help affected people on priority.
He has postponed the ceremonial schedule of inauguration of first Patanjali Ayurved college and Hospital and of laying of foundation of first Acharyakulam in Nepal.
Buildings were falling down like a pack of cards: Ramdev has a narrow escape - Rediff.com India News
 
Sikh groups from amritsar will send 25000 food packets to nepal every day. Isrrael sends tech groups to join the relief operations. No conversion agends.

Already christian group are active with tweets to convert calamity to victory for jesus, and concern over rebuilding of razed temples and viharas.
 
[h=1]Nepal's pain is India's pain: PM Modi on 'Mann ki baat'[/h]

April 26, 2015 11:26

'Mann ki baat karne ka mann nahi ho raha aaj': PM Narendra Modi on 'Mann ki baat'.

Says, Nepal's pain is India's pain. India is with Nepal in this hour of crisis. We will do all we can to help Nepal.


The death toll in Nepal from the devastating earthquake mounted to 1,911 today as rescue efforts intensified.

Nepal's pain is India's pain: PM Modi on 'Mann ki baat'
 
Another earthquake rattles Nepal today which was of 6.7 magnitude! Pray God that Nepal quickly recovers from this natural calamity of monstrous proportion!
 
Do's and Dont's during an earth quake!

Stay as safe as possible during an earthquake. Be aware that some earthquakes are actually foreshocks and a larger earthquake might occur. Minimize your movements to a few steps that reach a nearby safe place.

Follow these steps incase you feel tremors:

If indoors

1. Drop to the ground; take cover by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture; and hold on until the shaking stops. If there is no table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an inside corner of the building.

2. Protect yourself by staying under the lintel of an inner door, in the corner of a room, under a table or even under a bed.

3. Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, (such as lighting fixtures or furniture).

4. Stay in bed if you are there when the earthquake strikes. Hold on and protect your head with a pillow, unless you are under a heavy light fixture that could fall. In that case, move to the nearest safe place.

5. Use a doorway for shelter only if it is in close proximity to you and if you know it is a strongly supported, load bearing doorway.

6. Be aware that the electricity may go out or the sprinkler systems or fire alarms may turn on.

If outdoors

1. Avoid moving. However, move away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and utility wires.

2. If you are in open space, stay there until the shaking stops. The greatest danger exists directly outside buildings; at exits; and alongside exterior walls. Most earthquake-related casualties result from collapsing walls, flying glass, and falling objects.

If in a moving vehicle

1. Stop as quickly as safety permits and stay in the vehicle. Avoid stopping near or under buildings, trees, overpasses, and utility wires.

2. Proceed cautiously once the earthquake has stopped. Avoid roads, bridges, or ramps that might have been damaged by the earthquake.

If trapped under debris

1. Do not light a match.

2. Do not move about or kick up dust.

3.Cover your mouth with a handkerchief or clothing.

4. Tap on a pipe or wall so rescuers can locate you. Use a whistle if one is available. Shout if you have no other way to communicate. Shouting can cause you to inhale dangerous amounts of dust so be careful.


Dos and don'ts during an earthquake - The Times of India
 
Large number of temples and world heritage sites destroyed in Nepal..Let us do our might for the distressed nation!

[h=1]Nepal Earthquake Takes Heavy Toll on Temples[/h]
Kathmandu: The devastating earthquake in Nepal has destroyed or badly damaged many temples both in the Kathmandu Valley and elsewhere.

Saturday's 7.9 magnitude quake and aftershocks throughout the day destroyed around 80 per cent of the temples in Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, the Kantipur News reported on Sunday.

These include the Kasthamandap temple, the Panchtale temple, the Dasa Avtar temple and the Krishna temple.
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Kasthamandap, which inspired the name Kathmandu, is an early 16th century wooden monument.

Eighty per cent of Nepal's nearly 29 million people are Hindus. Buddhists account for 10 per cent and Muslims four per cent.

Siobhan Heanue, a reporter with ABC News Australia, told CNN that she was wandering at an ancient temple complex in Kathmandu when the earthquake struck. Several temples collapsed around her.

Scores of centuries-old historical monuments, including the iconic Dharahara tower in Kathmandu, were reduced to rubble in the powerful tremblor that claimed more than 2,000 lives.

A few monuments, including the Kumari temple and the Taleju Bhawani, have partially collapsed, the Kantipur daily said.

Dozens of temples and historical buildings in Patan and Bhaktapur have also collapsed or have been partially damaged.

The report said the top of the Jay Bageshwori temple at Gaushala and parts of the famed Pashupatinath temple, Swyambhunath, Boudhanath Stupa and Ratna Mandir have suffered partially damage.

In Patan, the Char Narayan Mandir, the Taleju Temple, the Hari Shankar temple and Uma Maheshwor temple have suffered destruction. And so has the Machhindranath temple at Bungmati, it added.

Several bodies, including those of women and children, were recovered from the remains of the collapsed monuments, the daily said.

Rescue teams said at least 70 bodies were recovered from the debris of the Dharahara tower and more bodies from the remains of the temples in Durbar Square.

The Durbar Square is one of the most popular tourist hotspots in Kathmandu, for foreign and domestic tourists. It is a favourite hangout place for locals.

In Tripureshwor, the Kal Mochan Ghat, a Mughal-architecture inspired temple, was destroyed and the nearby Tripura Sundari temple also suffered significant damage, the daily said.

In Bhaktapur, several monuments, including the Fasi Deva temple, the Chardham temple and the 17th century Vatsala Durga Temple were fully or partially destroyed, it said.

"Outside the Valley, the Manakamana Temple in Gorkha, the Gorkha Durbar, the Palanchowk Bhagwati in Kavrepalan Chowk, the Rani Mahal in Palpa, the Janaki Mandir in Janakpur, the Churiyamai in Makwanpur, the Dolakha Bhimsensthan in Dolakha and the Nuwakot Durbar were partially destroyed."

The newspaper quoted Prushottam Lochan Shrestha, a historian, as saying that these monuments had been lost forever as rebuilding them was technically difficult and expensive.

"We have lost most of the monuments that had been designated as World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur," he said. "They can't be restored to their original state."

Nepal Earthquake Takes Heavy Toll on Temples
 
When the avalanche hit the Himalayan base camp please read the experiences of the mountain climbers!

Sun Apr 26, 2015

[h=1]"Demons on the mountain"; survivors recall avalanche terror[/h] KATHMANDU | By Sanjeev Miglani






(Reuters) - When Khile Sherpa opened his eyes, the snow around him was bright red, drenched with blood streaming from gashes in his body from the avalanche that catapulted him across Mount Everest's base camp at lunchtime on Saturday.

Khile was among the first 15 survivors flown from Everest to Kathmandu on Sunday after a powerful earthquake hit Nepal a day earlier killing more than 2,460 people, at least 17 of them in the avalanche it triggered on the world's tallest peak.
"It was a monstrous sound, like the demons had descended on the mountain," Khile told Reuters, a bandage wrapped around his head and covering half his face.
Like hundreds of other earthquake victims, the 20-year-old was waiting for treatment outside Kathmandu's overcrowded Medical College hospital.
The mountain guide recalled how he had just served lunch to a group of foreign climbers in the high altitude tented town when he heard the roar higher up the slope.
Seconds later, a vast cloud of ice and boulders hit and he was knocked unconscious for, he estimates, about an hour.
A team of medics found him bleeding in the snow from a head wound. They bandaged him up and took him to shelter for the night in a tent belonging to a different tour group called Seven Summit.
Khile was one of nearly 1,000 climbers and sherpa guides on Everest when the first avalanche struck and claimed the biggest toll of any disaster on the mountain.
"NUCLEAR BLAST"
U.S. climber Jon Kedrowski said in his blog from base camp that the earthquake broke off a "huge, jagged point" of ice from a ridge that slammed down, creating a hurricane force wind that blew people and tents up to a hundred feet.
Another climber said a large part of the camp looked like it was hit by a "nuclear blast."
On Sunday, a big aftershock again sent boulders and ice crashing around mountain camps.
"Another one, we have an aftershock right now. Oh shit!" shouted Indian climber Arjun Vajpai, speaking to Reuters over the phone from Makalu base camp near Everest. "Avalanche!"
Screams and the roar of crashing snow could be heard over the line as he spoke.
Saturday's disaster came a few days after the first anniversary of an Everest avalanche that killed 16 Nepali guides.
That accident, at the time the worst in Everest history, had raised questions about the risks taken by relatively low-paid local guides to help thousands of foreign climbers every year fulfil their dreams.
This time the deaths were part of a much larger catastrophe, but for some sherpa guides who make a living on Everest and other Himalayan peaks in Nepal, the dangers may now outweigh the benefits.
Pemba Nurbu Sherpa, 34, was part of an international team that included South Americans and Indians.
"We lost everything, water, equipment and tent. All I was left with was these clothes you see," he said, pointing to his worn-out climbing jacket.
Pemba, who also suffered a head injury, said he had insisted on working on the expedition, even though last year's tragedy made his decision unpopular with relatives. He said this, his third time on the mountain, could be his last.
"It is too risky, there was pressure from my family before not to go. But I went despite their objections."


Demons on the mountain; survivors recall avalanche terror | Reuters
 
Indian mass has been pushed 12 feet into Himalayas in the last 80 years since the 1934 earthquake that flattened Nepal....This movement is continuing and situation is going to get aggravated in the future..Nepal should be prepared for more earthquakes similar to Japan...Let us hope for the best!

Nepal earthquake: A tragedy waiting to happen (Opinion) - CNN.com

(CNN)In a tragic echo of the catastrophic events in Haiti in 2010, a powerful earthquake struck one of the poorest nations on Earth today. The latest estimates from seismologists put the magnitude at 7.9, which would actually makes it about 40% larger than the 7.8 currently being reported. That's less than half the size of the previous major event nearby in 1934, which killed around 10,000 people.

Unfortunately, it is quite possible the number of dead in Kathmandu could rise to match it.
We knew this disaster was coming eventually. Geophysicists have long monitored how fast the Earth's plates are moving, and we know that the entire subcontinent of India is being driven slowly but surely underneath Nepal and Tibet at a speed of around 1.8 inches per year. It's the reason Everest exists.
Over millions of years, the squeezing has crushed the Himalayas like a concertina, raising mountains to heights of several miles and triggering earthquakes on a regular basis from Pakistan to Burma. Saturday's quake was neither unusual nor unexpected, although it was larger than most.
In the 81 years since the 1934 Bihar earthquake, the land mass of India has been pushed about 12 feet into Nepal. Think of all that movement getting stored in a giant spring lying under Nepal. The spring is stuck on a broad, rough surface which we call a fault plane (a fault line is what we see when it emerges from the ground).
Fallen: Nepal's historic landmarks
Sometimes, energy stored in the spring gets big enough to slip catastrophically, releasing all that pent-up strain and generating shaking strong enough to destroy buildings and kill people over a huge area. The bigger the area that slips, and the larger the pent-up energy, the greater the damage.
Saturday's slip took place over an area about 1,000 to 2,000 square miles over a zone spanning the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara in one direction, and almost the entire Himalaya mountain width in the other. A part of India slid about one to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds.
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We have this kind of detailed data thanks to major advances in seismology over recent years. Using measurements of shaking recorded on seismometers scattered across the world and sent in near or real time to agencies like the U.S. Geological Survey and to universities such as Columbia, we can infer the location and magnitude of a big earthquake very quickly.

Not just that: we can now estimate the pattern and speed of rapid sliding across its fault surface. What used to take months of careful academic study now takes minutes of computation.
In Haiti in 2010, although the earthquake was more than 20 times weaker than Saturday's, well over 100,000 people are thought to have been killed around Port-au-Prince by the shaking and its after-effects. Yet despite some differences, the Nepal and Haiti earthquakes also share similarities -- both geological events were known to be approaching, and both struck areas afflicted by widespread poverty, rapid increases in population in urban areas, uncoordinated changes in building infrastructure and lack of adherence to improved building codes.
About 1.45 million people live in Kathmandu, the majority in poorly constructed homes not designed to withstand the kind of shaking seen on Saturday. Nepal has a per capita income of around $1,350, only a notch above that of Haiti, and among the lowest in the world.


Meeting building codes in new construction, or taking on expensive retrofitting, is way beyond the means of most. To make matters worse, the valley itself appears to focus the destructive shaking of earthquake waves.
Studies have long predicted that the Kathmandu area was due a magnitude-8 earthquake, or higher -- one study predicted between 21,000 and 42,000 fatalities if a magnitude-8.1 earthquake had struck the area. (Fortunately, Saturday's shaking was half that intensity).
Still, this catastrophe comes at a delicate time for Nepal as it emerges from a long-running civil war and its economy has been improving steadily. We have to hope that recovery from both can somehow take place despite the enormous challenges ahead.

Nepal earthquake: A tragedy waiting to happen (Opinion) - CNN.com
 
கால்பந்து வீராங்கனைகளை குழந்தைகள் போல ப&

கால்பந்து வீராங்கனைகளை குழந்தைகள் போல பார்த்து கொண்ட நேபாளத்துக்கு நன்றி!

நேபாள நிலநடுக்கத்தில் இருந்து தப்பிய 14 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட இந்திய கால்பந்து வீராங்கனைகள் தங்கள் குழந்தைகள் போல பார்த்துக் கொண்ட நேபாள அரசுக்கு நன்றி தெரிவிப்பதாக இந்திய கால்பந்து சங்கத் தலைவர் பிரஃபுல் படேல் நன்றி தெரிவித்துக் கொண்டுள்ளார்.
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ஏ.எப்.சி. கோப்பைக்கான கால்பந்து போட்டியில் பங்கேற்க 14 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட இந்திய மகளிர் அணி நேபாளத்துக்கு சென்றிருந்தது. நேற்று முன்தினம் பூகம்பம் தாக்கியபோது இந்திய வீராங்கனைகள் ஈரான் அணிக்கு எதிரான ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடுவதற்காக மைதானத்தில் தயாராக இருந்தனர். அந்த சமயத்தில்தான் பூகம்பம் 7.1 ரிக்டர் அளவில் நேபாளத்தை தாக்கியது. இதனால், ஸ்டேடியத்தின் கட்டிடங்கள் அதிர்ந்துள்ளன, மைதானமே குலுங்கியுள்ளது. போட்டியை பார்க்க மைதானத்தில் 100க்கும் மேற்பட்ட ரசிகர்கள் கூடியிருந்துள்ளனர்.

ஸ்டேடியம் அதிர்வதை பார்த்து ரசிகர்கள் அங்குமிங்கும் ஓட, இந்திய வீராங்கனைகள் அதிர்ச்சியில் செய்வதறியாது திகைத்துள்ளனர். நடப்பதை பார்த்து சில வீராங்கனைகள் கதறி அழுதுள்ளனர். அந்த சமயத்தில் இந்திய அணியைச் சேர்ந்த அலுவலர் ஒருவர்தான் இந்திய அணி வீராங்கனைகளை வேகமாக மைதானத்தின் நடுபகுதிக்கு ஓடுமாறு கூறியுள்ளார். இதையடுத்து மைதானத்தின் நடுப்பகுதிக்கு ஓடி இந்த வீராங்கனைகள் உயிர் தப்பியுள்ளனர்.

பின்னர் இந்தியா உள்ளிட்ட பிற நாட்டு வீராங்கனைகள் அனைவரையும் மீட்ட நேபாள அரசு நேற்று அங்குள்ள மைதானம் ஒன்றில் பத்திரமாக தங்க வைத்து அவர்களுக்கு தேவையான அனைத்து வசதிகளையும் செயது கொடுத்தது. இந்நிலையில், நேற்று மாலை இந்திய கால்பந்து வீராங்கனைகள் அடங்கிய 23 பேர் கொண்ட குழு ராணுவ விமானம் மூலம் மீட்கப்பட்டு டெல்லி அழைத்து வரப்பட்டது.

இது குறித்து இந்திய கால்பந்து சங்கத் தலைவர் பிரஃபுல் படேல் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கையில், வீராங்கனைகள் அனைவரும் பத்திரமாக மீட்கப்பட்டதற்கு கடவுளுக்கும் வீராங்கனைகளை தங்கள் குழந்தைகள் போல பார்த்து கொண்ட நேபாள கால்பந்து சங்கத்துக்கு நன்றி தெரிவிப்பதாக கூறியுள்ளார்.


அகில இந்திய கால்பந்து சங்கம் நேபாள கால்பந்து சங்கத்துக்கு உடனடி நிவாரண நிதியாக ரூ. 11 லட்சமும் வழங்கியுள்ளது.


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Sikh Organization To Send 100,000 Food Packets to Earthquake hit-Nepal

Sikh Organization To Send 100,000 Food Packets to Earthquake hit-Nepal

April 26, 2015

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (April 26, 2015)—On humanitarian ground, the apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to send 100,000 food packets made from Guru Ramdas Langar (community kitchen) in Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) to the earthquake affected people of Nepal.

On direction of the SGPC president Avtar Makkar, the food has started to be prepared at the langar hall by the Sikh Sangat. The food will be sent through an aeroplane of the Indian army. For now, as many as 20 thousands food packets have already been sent via the first flight.


The SGPC has also requested the Deputy Commissioner of Sri Amritsar to help with humanitarian aid.

Sikh Organization To Send 100,000 Food Packets to Earthquake hit-Nepal from the Golden Temple
 
PM Modi leads from the front as quake rattles Nepal, India

PM Modi leads from the front as quake rattles Nepal, India

Apr 26, 2015,

NEW DELHI: Minutes after the deadly earthquake rocked Nepal, India and a few other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team swung into action working the phones and plotting strategy to rush relief to the Himalayan country.

The PM called up several chief ministers and the Prime Minister of Nepal who was in Bangkok and on his way to Kathmandu assuring all possible help. The PMO took to Twitter and messages detailing the action plan for relief and rescue flowed out.

The swift action by the PMO earned instant praise on social media. Modi used his experience of handling the aftermath of the Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat to immediately roll out relief plans.

"Kudos to @PMOIndia for alertness,visibility & rapid action post the Nepal earthquake. The country expects & deserves this leadership," tweeted Anand Mahindra, Chairman and Managing director of Mahindra Group.

Shrugging off political differences, Modi called up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. He reviewed the situation in the affected districts in UP, Bihar and West Bengal. Since taking over as PM, Modi sought to work with states as "Team India" and has taken several measures to shore up the cohesion between states and the Centre. The PM also spoke to Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling.

Modi convened a high level meeting of senior ministers and officials to thrash out the strategy and review the situation with clock-work precision.



"The Prime Minister directed immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams, including medical teams to Nepal, as well as to affected areas in India. He also directed that proper arrangements be made for rendering assistance in evacuation of stranded tourists," a statement from the PMO said after the review meeting. The Crisis Management Group of the government met twice to review the situation in the affected states in the country and neighbouring countries.

In fact, Modi's swift response to the Nor'wester which killed over 50 people in Bihar recently had won effusive praise from Nitish Kumar.

"I want to thank the honourable Prime Minister and the honourable home minister for their assurance to provide help to the disaster hit Bihar ... Central government's response was very quick," said Nitish who had walked out of NDA after it decided to project Modi as PM candidate before the 2014 national elections.

PM Modi leads from the front as quake rattles Nepal, India - The Times of India
 
India to do everything possible to help Nepal: Rajnath Singh

India to do everything possible to help Nepal: Rajnath Singh

April 27, 2015

India will do everything possible to help Nepal, which was ravaged by a major earthquake on Saturday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday."Nepal is our neighbour and we also have cultural relations with it. We have been making all possible efforts from our side.

"We had held a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and many decisions have been taken so that we can provide the maximum help to Nepal," he told reporters here.

The Home Minister said India has taken a number of steps to help Nepal which was started right from the day one.

"A team has already reached there for coordination and whatever help and facilities can be offered. Decisions have been taken on that too," he said.

Referring to the situation in some parts of India which was also hit by the quake, the Home Minister said the central government was in regular touch with the affected state governments.



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