Continuing with its efforts to extend help to Nepal Uttar Pradesh government has sent 28 more trucks loaded with relief material to earthquake-ravaged country on Tuesday. The trucks were flagged off by state Pension Minister Rajendra Chaudhury.
The relief materials were sent in 28 trucks, of which 16 trucks were carrying mineral waters, seven trucks carrying biscuits, four carrying packets of maggi and milk and one rusk packets.
The state government had sent 28 trucks of relief material on Sunday of which 18 have been received by the Indian embassy in Nepal. The earlier trucks were loaded with food materials along with one truck full of medicines. Chaudhury, who is also the spokesperson for the Samajwadi Party, said 82 buses have reached Kathmandu to bring back the stranded people. He said 18 more buses are on the way.
These people would be brought to Gorakhpur through Saunauli border, he said. The state government has also sent 45 member medical team to Bharatpur Medical college, in Kathmandu to assist the Nepali doctors.
A control room has been set up in lucknow to help the people who wants to provide relief to the Nepal earthquake victims. Telephone number of the control room is 0522-4915703 and fax number 0522-4915723. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that people should ne taught about preventive steps during earth quakes. “Had the people gone out in the open casualty would have been very low,” he said.