Cabinet secretary chairs meeting on Northeast quake

Cabinet Secretary, P.K. Sinha has chaired a meeting of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to "assess the situation and provide all necessary help from Government of India after Manipur earthquake," a Press Information Bureau [PIB] release said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is coordinating with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the State Governments, Ministry of Defence, NDRF, Ministry of Telecom and other concerned Government departments and agencies for search and rescue and relief. Relief



commissioners of all the states in the North-East: Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and the State of West Bengal are being contacted on regular basis, the PIB release said.

So far, five people have died and 43 injured, according to official release. Damages to a few buildings, residential units and Government Offices were reported, including damage to a six-storey building in Imphal.

Two NDRF teams of 45 members each are being air lifted from Guwahati to Imphal, the PIB release said.