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$25 m Indian aid for Pakistan quake relief

     New Delhi: India on Thursday announced an aid of Rs 112.5 crore (25 million dollars) for relief and rehabilitating operations in quake-hit Pakistan Kashmir. Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Oscar Fernandes made this announcement at a meeting of the UN Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva. Briefing the media about the offer, External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Navtej Sarna said: "The Government of Pakistan would be welcome to use this contribution for rebuilding homes and rehabilitating people, reconstructing the infrastructure and restoring essential services. Sarna further said that Pakistan was welcome to procure supplies of building material such as cement, steel and other items from India, and if asked, Indian technology for pre-fabricated earthquake resistant shelters would also be made available to Pakistan. The decision is being considered as highly important as it came two days ahead of the official-level meeting between the two countries to discuss opening of Line of Control (LoC) for relief coordination. India has, so far, sent three consignments of relief material for earthquake victims in Pakistan. The first consignment of the relief material (25 tonnes) was sent through an Indian Air Force IL-76 MD transport plane on October 10, which included medicines, tents and blankets, and then on October 13, the second consignment of 82 tons of relief materials was dispatched via the rail route. The third consignment of 182 tonnes was flagged off on October 16, which included 100 tonnes of fortified biscuits, 10 tonnes of medicines, 9.5 tonnes of plastic sheets, 250 tents and 26 tonnes of blankets.

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