Talking to media persons after an emergency cabinet meeting held at Prime Ministers Office on Monday evening, Minister for Education Ganga Lal Tuladhar said they have decided to send a rescue team comprising 10 Nepal Army soldiers, three Nepal Police personnel and two Armed Police Force personnel along with 5,000 blankets to Japan.[break]
Earlier in the afternoon, Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal on behalf of the government and Nepali people had extended heartfelt condolence to the Japanese people. Prime Minister Khanal visited the Embassy of Japan at Panipokhari Monday afternoon and extended his condolence to the Japanese people through Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tatsuo Mizuno, according to the prime minister´s foreign relations advisor Milan Tuladhar. Noting that Japan is facing biggest tragedy after the World War II, the prime minister said that Nepal stands ready to support Japan in whatever ways possible.
Likewise, the parliament on Monday passed a special resolution over the loss of life and property in Japan.
Meanwhile, Nepali embassy in Japan has said that additional 115 Nepalis living in tsunami-hit areas have come into contact with the embassy. According to Deputy Chief of Mission Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi, they are currently living in government-run shelters. Remaining other Nepalis in the tsunami-hit Nepalis are learnt to be living in two temporary shelters -- Sendai International Center and Multilingual Center.
The embassy in a statement said it is in constant touch with Japan´s foreign ministry and getting updates about the condition of Nepalis in the affected areas. The embassy said it is yet to get complete details the Nepalis in the affected areas as communications network remains disrupted.
The statement added that one Ang Phuti Sherpa, who was said to be missing earlier in Sendai, has come into contact. Likewise, the embassy has established contact with three Nepali students -- Aashish Acharya, Sandeep Dhungana and Adhar Lamichhane -- who are said to be living in the Sendai.
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