Bodh Gaya, Sep 19 (ANI): Buddhist monks in Bodh Gaya performed special prayers for quake victims as death toll rose to 26 from across areas surrounding India-Nepal border on Monday.
Monks chanted prayers for people who died during the massive earthquake that struck on Sunday.
"We heard about the earthquake and that it has also caused some fatalities so we have performed special prayers for the victims. We prayed that the natural disaster does not occur again," said Medankar, a Buddhist monk.
Meanwhile, the IAF promptly pressed into service its aircraft for relief and rescue operations for the quake affected area in the North East.
Two C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations aircraft were pressed into service for the first time from Hindan airbase to Bagdogra, carrying nine tonnes of relief material and equipment and approx 200 National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) personnel. One IL-76 dispatched from Agra to Kolkata carried eight tonnes of relief material and equipment and 110 passengers.
Two sorties from Kolkata to Bagdogra carrying relief material, one AVRO from Palam airbase carrying a 20 member medical team, 02 AN-32 medium lift transport aircraft from Agra to Kolkata carrying relief material and equipment, two Cheetas and two.
Chetaks for recce mission and 04 Mi-17 aircraft from Bagdogra would also be a part of IAF's rescue and relief operations.
The epicentre of the quake was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 kilometres from Gangtok on the Sikkim-Nepal border.
Tremors were also felt in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. (ANI)
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