Type Emergency response | Date 26 April 2015 – | |
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Location Earthquake-affected areas of Central Nepal Objective Search and rescue, disaster relief Executed by Nepal Army and Indian Army Casualties 6,311+ confirmed dead
14,000+ injured | ||
Operation Sankat Mochan (Nepali: संकट मोचन, Operation Crisis Relief) is a Nepal Army earthquake relief operation following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; the Nepal Army has deployed 90 percent of its force.
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Operation
Nepal army took three phase operation initiative.
Interagency collaboration
Hundreds of army personnel from different countries and 17,000 Armed Police Force officials support the Nepal Army. Countries include India, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Bangladesh, Israel, Netherlands, Bhutan, Poland, USA, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, France, Spain, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Belgium, Russia, Norway, UK, Switzerland, Germany and UAE. India leads the countries in personnel with 962 and China comes in second with 370.
References
Operation Sankat Mochan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA