Indian team to help Japan tsunami rescue ops

New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) A 46-member team of National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is leaving for Tokyo on Friday
to help the Japaneses authorities in relief and rehabilitation
works in Tsunami affected areas.
The team would be deployed in Rifu-Cho town, 365 km
north of Tokyo, for a period of 10-12 days and they would
assist the local authorities in relief and rehabilitation
activities.
The team is being sent following a request of the
Japanese government, an official release said.
The NDRF personnel would be staying at Miyagi
Prefecture Sports Complex in Tohoku region on Honshu Island.
The contingent will be led by Alok Avasthy, commandant, NDRF.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) kept
the NDRF team in readiness since March 14 to be sent to Japan
for search, rescue and relief in the wake of recent earthquake
followed by Tsunami that devastated various parts of Japan on
Mar 11.
Speaking a function, NDMA Vice Chairman M Shashidhar
Reddy said the whole country was proud of the role played by
NDRF over the last few years during disasters in different
parts of the country.
Maintaining that this is for the first time that a
team of NDRF is being deployed outside the country, Reddy
expressed confidence that the team would do exemplary work and
bring laurels for the Country.