Raxaul camps will run as long as required: Ananth Kumar

The 15 rescue-cum-relief camps, set up by the SSB at Raxaul in Bihar, will run so long as they are required to carry out evacuation of Indians and people of other countries from quake-hit Nepal, Union Minister Ananth Kumar said.
"The 15 relief camps, equipped with adequate facilities, have been put up by the SSB at Raxaul town in Bihar bordering Nepal to evacuate Indians as well as people of other countries and those will continue so long as they are needed," he told reporters at the Patna airport after meeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to review rescue, relief and rehabilitation works.

Underscoring India's close relationship with Nepal, the Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister said that India had launched major rescue, relief and rehabilitation works called 'Operation Maitri' in Nepal which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was himself monitoring on a day-to-day basis.
With Raxaul town being close to the Indo-Nepal border, it was decided to launch concerted rescue and relief works from here so that Indians and others could be evacuated by road and subsequently sent to their native places by trains and other mode of transportation, he said.
Kumar and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh came here on a day-long visit to inspect facilities at the relief camps.