V.K. Singh flags off truck with relief material for quake-struck Nepal

Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh flagged off a truck of relief material to Nepal from his residence in New Delhi on Saturday.

This truck, which is sponsored by Chennai Goods Transport Association Charitable trust, is carrying 1500 blankets, 700 tents 3.5 tons of Rice and pulses 18000 pieces of soaps.

The Minister said that because of some water bottles getting crushed when they are sent with other material it has been decided them to send them separately from food material.

Singh stated that five trucks of relief material had earlier been sent in the recent past.

Earlier on Friday, weeks after a massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, two fresh tremors were recorded in the Himalayan nation.

Reports said Sindhupal chowk and Dolakha districts, east of Kathmandu, was the epicentre of the tremors which triggered panic among people still recovering from the immense destruction unleashed by the quake on April 25. However, no damage was reported from the tremors.

The catastrophic earthquake has claimed nearly 8,000 lives and injured about 16,390.

At least 150 aftershocks, measuring 4 or more on the Richter scale, have been reported after last month's quake.