Haryana has so far dispatched a total of 63,603 blankets, 3500 tents, 1000 mattresses, 1000 umbrellas, necessary medicines and tarpaulins for earthquake victims of Nepal. This relief material would be taken from Pokhara Airport by Air Force Officers for distribution at relief centres set up in remote areas of Nepal.
An official spokesman said that under ‘Operation Maitri’, the State Government has already sent ADC Gurgaon, Vinay Partap Singh and SDO (Civil), Ellenabad, Dhirendra Khadgata as members of the advance party to Nepal for coordinating the relief material and supplies to the affected people, who have carrying out this operation very well.
He said district wise teams have been constituted to collect and send the relief material. These teams, donors, officers of voluntary organisations have played significant role in collecting the relief material.
He said that officers and employees were being sent alongwith trucks for sending the relief material to Nepal. The unmatched support extended by resourceful persons of social service organisations, officers and employees of Haryana towards affected people in Nepal, is commendable.