Nearly 2000 left homeless by quake in India’s northeast

Manipur’s Inspector General of Police Clay Khongsai informed that the district administration was on the job to rescue trapped people. There are few tall buildings in the region, she said.

Mr Anurag Gupta of India’s National Disaster Management Authority said: “Five people are confirmed dead and 33 have been injured in (Manipur’s capital) Imphal”.

The quake was centered about 18 miles northwest of Imphal (population of approximately 270,000), the capital of Manipur state, AIR said. Tremor was felt across eastern India and 12 people were injured in northern districts of West Bengal. “Shaking affected large parts of Bhutan, Myanmar, and Nepal, countries that also border India”.

NEW DELHI (CNN) – Thangkhonao Gangte wasn’t sure if he was awake when a magnitude-6.7 quake struck northeastern India on Monday morning.

Three persons were killed in the building collapse. The NCMC meeting was chaired by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha while Chief Secretary of Manipur participated in it through video conferencing.

“He had instructed Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is visiting the region, to monitor the relief work”, he said.

The NDMA said it is working in close co-ordination and guidance of the Prime Minister’s Office.

Traders wait outside a market to collect their materials after the building was damaged. The centre will extend all required assistance to the north-eastern states to deal with the crisis. The minister briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone about the situation to discuss rescue and relief operations.

At least six people died and at least 79 were injured as a result of the quake, according to report issued by the State Government of Manipur. “We are trying to verify the reports”. “There may be more casualties in the interior areas”, Rijiju said. At least four people have been killed, according to the Times of India. So far, at least eight people had lost their lives in Manipur and around 30 people have been seriously injured. People rushed out of their homes and gathered in the streets.

“It was the biggest quake we’ve felt in Imphal”, disaster response worker Kanarjit Kangujam told Reuters by telephone. India’s north-east region is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. Manipur state’s home minister, G. Gaikhangam, said several areas suffered extensive damage, especially the capital, Imphal.