KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The first consignment of INR 100 million worth of emergency relief materials targeted for the Jajarkot earthquake victims arrived at Nepalgunj Airport on Sunday.

India has provided the assistance in line with the commitment expressed by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help Nepali earthquake victims in all possible ways. The earthquake of magnitude 6.4 jolted Jajarkot on Friday night, severely affecting the remote hill district as well as neighboring Rukum West that claimed 157 lives.  

A special Indian Air Force C-130 flight transported the consignment of over 11 tons of emergency relief materials that included tents and tarpaulin sheets, blankets and sleeping bags as well as essential medicines and medical equipment such as portable ventilators for the affected people.

 The relief materials were handed over by the Ambassador of India to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on behalf of the Government of India to Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka in the presence of the Chief Minister of Karnali Province Raj Kumar Sharma. According to Indian authorities, further consignments of the relief material are expected to arrive in the coming days.

 India has been the first responder in providing relief packages to Nepali earthquake victims. Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, the Government of India was the first responder and carried out its largest disaster relief operation abroad - Operation Maitri.

India had also extended US$ 1 billion to Nepal as part of its long-term assistance for post-earthquake reconstruction in housing, education, health and cultural heritage sectors and included reconstruction of 50,000 houses in Nepal’s Gorkha and Nuwakot districts. 

 
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