Two people were trapped under the debris, and rescue teams from the Myanmar Fire Services Department and Turkey successfully pulled one survivor to safety, the information team said.
The Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) of Kolkata airport, under the aegis of ATC Guild (I) ER, paid tribute to their counterparts from Naypyidaw ATC Control Tower, Myanmar, who tragically lost their lives during a recent earthquake in Myanmar’s new capital.
The recent earthquake in Myanmar has once again un derscored the vulnerabilities of a region prone to seismic activity.
Myanmar's health care system is struggling to deal with the mass casualties as the death toll jumped to 2,056 on Monday after a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated several regions of the country.
Thailand on Sunday confirmed that the death toll has reached 17 and 32 injured, with 77 people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the neighbouring Myanmar, sending strong tremors across Thailand.
In total, five flights providing relief material from India have arrived in Myanmar, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Acting as a first responder, India on Saturday launched ''Operation Brahma'' to assist the people of neighbouring Myanmar, which was rocked by a massive earthquake on Friday.
India will send more than 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar following a series of powerful earthquakes that has led to the death of over 144 people and injuring more than 700, sources said.
The United Nations is mobilising relief for quake-hit Myanmar where nearly 150 people have died, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.
Another earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter Scale, hit Myanmar late on Friday, the National Center for Seismology reported.
