3 more NDRF teams leave for Kathmandu

The team from the National Disaster Response Force carries medical supplies, communication equipment and devices to rescue people trapped under debris.

April 28, 2015 02:31 am | Updated November 16, 2021 05:01 pm IST - Kolkata:

As the death toll in the Nepal earthquake continues to mount, three teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) comprising 118 personnel, including doctors and nursing staff, left for Nepal from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here on Monday. It also carried medical supplies, communication equipment and devices to rescue people trapped under debris.

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