India’s ‘Operation Brahma’ was launched to provide relief to Myanmar, which was struck by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The locals of Myanmar have praised India’s move to help and support them in this difficult time. India has delivered 625 metric tonnes (MT) of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) material to Myanmar as part of Operation Brahma, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
Speaking to ANI, a Myanmar local, Hussain expressed thanks for the Indian efforts underway in Myanmar. He said, “We got a great sense of relief when you came. You (Indians) are very hardworking people. We are very happy and at peace. We have benefited a lot from the arrival of NDRF. May god shower blessings upon India and its leadership”.
NDRF crew member Kavita Singh spoke to ANI. She said, “There is no possibility for people being alive because few days have passed, hot weather. We have only retrieved dead bodies”. She highlighted the conviction of NDRF and told ANI that despite the infrastructural damage difficulties, the NDRF team is working after undertaking risk because they are committed towards the operation.
Singh also said that the NDRF team has recieved a lot of support from the locals. She shared an incident wherein a family came to the NDRF team and expressed relief and hope on the team’s efforts for the rescue operations. “We are very proud and thankful that you have come to help us”, the locals told them. NRDF crew member Manju Bhati said that a team of 57 members of NDRF has arrived in Myanmar. She said they have been allotted 13 locations to work upon and that NDRF. “It is very difficult for us to take out the dead bodies. It is also very hot, so it is very difficult for anyone to be alive… In such a small street, neither excavators nor cranes, nothing can be operated… Everyone is in God’s hands now.”
