Turkey-Syria earthquake: 15,000 dead so far due to Turkey-Syria earthquake, lives die under debris, read latest 10 updates

Officials and doctors said Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed 15,000 people in Turkey and Syria. As the rescue operation progresses rapidly, the number of dead and injured also increases.

Giving details of “Operation Dost”, the Foreign Ministry (MEA) said on Wednesday that ten Indian nationals are stranded in remote parts of earthquake-hit Turkey and one national is missing.

Giving information, the Foreign Ministry official said that 10 Indian citizens are safe. Along with this, he also said that the missing Indian citizen was on a business trip in Turkey to Malta. Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) of the Ministry of External Affairs said Indians are relatively safe in Turkey. He said the government is in contact with family members of the missing Indian in Turkey.

The World Health Organization is deploying specialist teams and flights with medical supplies to Turkey and Syria after Monday’s devastating earthquake. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing on Wednesday that a three-person team would also leave for service coordination.

Turkish police have arrested five people for “provocative posts” on social media about the deadly earthquake in Turkey, according to a tweet from Turkish police. At the same time, 18 people were arrested.

Twitter has been banned in Turkey, the Netblox Internet Observatory announced on Wednesday, two days after a major earthquake killed more than 15,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is due to visit Pazarkık, the epicenter of Monday’s earthquake, and Hatay province, the worst hit by the disaster, amid calls for more government aid to the stricken region.

Even two days after the massive devastation caused by the devastating earthquake, there are very few incidents where people have been safely extracted from the rubble. Most of the corpses are found in the rubble. In addition, the freezing cold and continuous light tremors (aftershocks) made the rescue work more difficult.

At the same time, the situation in neighboring Syria is even worse. The quake also affected towns and villages abandoned by government and rebels during the conflict in a country ravaged by 12 years of civil war and a refugee crisis. In these towns/villages, the voices of people crying out for help are tired.

India has announced its intention to help Syria within the framework of the G-20. India is constantly engaged in helping Turkey and Syria. At present, many NDRF teams are busy rescuing people in Turkey.