In a bid to provide succour to the earthquake victims in Nepal, the Uttarakhand Government is sending 35 buses with relief materials and medical teams to the Himalayan country. The medical teams would comprise of surgeons, orthopedicians, physicians, ENT surgeons and gynaecologists.
Sources said the Cabinet Secretary had convened a meeting in Delhi on Sunday and observed that in Nepal around one to two lakh earthquake affected people need immediate medical relief.
Uttarakhand being a bordering State, its Government has decided to send medical relief teams along with relief materials to Nepal and they will reach there by Monday morning.
It was reported that the Uttarakhand health department was busy in making arrangements of medicines and necessary equipment on Sunday evening. They will send 35 buses along with relief materials and medicines to Nepal by Sunday late evening. As per reports from the affected areas, the Nepal Government is yet to reach the remote areas of Nepal, and, therefore, these teams would solely visit those areas of Nepal.
Apart from being a bordering country, Nepal also shares historical connections with India and there is also a substantial presence of the Gurkha and other native Nepali communities in the Indian State of Uttarakhand.