Northeast extends help

Relief material would be taken to Raxaul in Bihar, from where it would be transported to Nepal.

Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap
Guwahati | Updated: May 3, 2015 01:25 AM IST

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Nepalese policemen look for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal ,Sunday, April 26, 2015. Sleeping in the streets and shell-shocked, Nepalese cremated the dead and dug through rubble for the missing Sunday, a day after a massive Himalayan earthquake devastated the region and destroyed homes and infrastructure. (Source: AP photo)

Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to transport relief material from the government and NGOs to Nepal free of cost for the next two weeks.

NF Railway CPRO Sugato Lahiri said the decision was taken by the Ministry of Railways. Relief material would be taken to Raxaul in Bihar, from where it would be transported to Nepal, he said.

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Meanwhile, Nagaland governor P B Acharya announced he would contribute one month’s salary towards the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Employees of the Nagaland Raj Bhavan also decided to make a contribution of Rs 1.4 lakh.

The Nagaland Chief Secretary has also appealed to all state government employees to voluntarily contribute one day’s salary for earthquake victims.