Posted on 05/04/2015 9:59:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Seventy-five teams with 4,050 personnel from 34 countries were involved in search and rescue operations in the 14 districts that were hit hardest by the 7.9-magnitude quake on April 25.
"Since search and rescue work is over, we had requested the foreign teams to leave the country and till Monday nearly 50% of them have done so," said home ministry spokesperson Laxmi Prasad Dhakal.
"Our request was only for the search and rescue teams as there is almost no chance of finding any survivors now. Foreign teams doing relief work can continue their work," he said.
The head of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), among the first foreign organisations to arrive, said it had been asked by the Nepal government to conclude its operations.
"All the search and rescue teams, not the relief (teams)...have been asked to return," NDRF chief OP Singh told the media.
(Excerpt) Read more at hindustantimes.com ...
too much evangalizing goin on???
At some point you have to start the recovery process instead of a S&R.
Happens here all the time when a swimmer, boater, surfer etc. gets lost in the Gulf. After about 72 hours the person most likely would have died from hypothermia even when the water temp is 80°F, so Coast Guard and Florida Marine Patrol start looking for bodies...............
Too many mouths to feed.
that may well be.
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