New Delhi, April 26 , 2015: Following fresh tremors in Nepal, India on Sunday put on hold till 4 p.m. moving fresh relief and rescue missions to the Himalayan country.
"All movement to Kathmandu kept on hold till 16.00 hrs (IST) due to fresh tremors in Nepal," defence ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar tweeted.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said six more teams of the National Disaster Response Force are being sent to Nepal in addition to the 10 teams that have already been sent for quake relief.
A 7.9 magnitude quake shook Nepal on Saturday, and the toll so far has risen to 2,123 people dead.
PM Modi convenes high level review meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a high-level meeting at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday to review the situation in the wake of a massive quake that hit Nepal and India on Saturday.
The Prime Minister's Office tweeted: "Today (Saturday) at 3:30 P.M. the prime minister has called a high-level meeting to review the situation arising due to the Earthquake."
"The review meeting called by the PM (Modi) at 3:30 p.m. will be looking at the relief work and other issues arising due to the earthquake."
Nearly 1,000 Maharashtra tourists stranded in Nepal
An estimated 800-1,000 tourists and mountaineers from different parts of Maharashtra are reported stranded in earthquake-hit Nepal, but all are safe, a top government official said in Mumbai on Sunday.
Additional Resident Commissioner Samir Sahai of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi is coordinating the relief efforts on behalf of the state government. He said that nearly 200 stranded people have got in touch with the Control Room.
"In turn, they informed us that they have established contact with all persons known to them, or their families, groups or tourist charters. Though we cannot provide the exact figures, roughly 800-1,000 people from Maharashtra could be present there and all are safe," Sahai told IANS.
"Flights from Nepal carrying Indians have started arriving and the ministry of external affairs plans to airlift around 2,000 today (Sunday). The number of people from Maharashtra will be known later," Sahai added.
