Turkey-Syria Earthquake: NDRF Team, Dog Squad Members Return To India

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New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team along with dog squad members Rambo and Honey returned to India on Friday after conducting a 10-day-long rescue operation in Turkey.

India has provided Turkey, which was impacted by a strong earthquake, with humanitarian aid.

Shortly after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake devastated Turkey, India declared “Operation Dost” and an Indian Air Force C17 flight left for Turkey with more than 50 members of the NDRF and a specially trained dog squad along with tools needed for the relief work, including medical supplies, drilling machines, and other equipment.

NDRF team, dog squad membersTill now, more than 24,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria and thousands more are injured.

Apart from the staggering death count, the economy of the country has also been majorly affected.

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