NDRF's Romeo and Julie did what machines couldn't do, saved the life of 6-year-old girl in quake-hit Turkey!
India"s NDRF hit headlines for saving the life of a six-year-old girl with the help of Romeo and Julie who are part of the dog squad.
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Nurdagi, Feb 13: India is continuously increasing its efforts to help victims of the earthquake that killed more than 24,500 people in Turkey. It has been sending a military heavy lift aircraft with more than 35 tonnes of relief materials as well as National Disaster Response Force teams to quake-hit Turkey and Syria.
However, it is not just the Indian Army or NDRF but also the animals that have been essential to saving the lives of people in Turkey. India's NDRF hit headlines for saving the life of a six-year-old girl with the help of Romeo and Julie who are part of the NDRF's dog squad.
They succeeded where machines failed. The dog squad played a vital role in detecting the little girl's whereabouts under tonnes of rubble. Without their help, the little girl could not have survived.
#TurkeyEarthquake | Sniffer dogs of NDRF, Julie and Romeo saved a six-year-old girl who was trapped under the debris at the earthquake-hit Nurdağı. pic.twitter.com/HCVv6wcibf
— ANI (@ANI) February 13, 2023
Presently, the NDRF is at Nurdagi and in different parts of Turkey, who is currently making an all-out effort to save lives and find a living soul in the rubble at the disaster site which were badly affected by the earthquake on February 6.
Dog handler Constable Kundan explained how Julie found the little girl, who has been identified as Beren, alive first in the rubble at the Nurdagi site. After receiving information from locals about a survivor trapped in the rubble, the NDRF asked Julie to go inside the rubble. She went in and started barking, which was a sign that she had detected a survivor trapped underneath.
For confirmation, they have sent Romeo (Male Labrador) into the rubble who also confirmed through barking that someone was, indeed, alive under the debris. However, no one knew about the condition and age of the living soul at that time. After several hours of the rescue operation, NDRF personnel succeeded in saving the life of 6-year-old Beren.
The girl was stuck after a six-story building collapsed and turned into rubble at the Nurdagi site where the NDRF is conducting search and rescue operations.
Appreciating NDRF for saving the girl, Home Minister Amit Shah later tweeted, " Proud of our NDRF. In the rescue operations in Turkiye, Team IND-11 saved the life of a six-year-old girl, Beren, in Gaziantep city. Under the guidance of PM @narendramodi, we are committed to making @NDRFHQ the world's leading disaster response force. #OperationDost."
Proud of our NDRF.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 9, 2023
In the rescue operations in Türkiye, Team IND-11 saved the life of a six-year-old girl, Beren, in Gaziantep city.
Under the guidance of PM @narendramodi, we are committed to making @NDRFHQ the world’s leading disaster response force. #OperationDost pic.twitter.com/NfvGZB24uK
India announced 'Operation Dost' shortly after the magnitude 7.8 quake ravaged Turkey and sent a team from the Indian Army to set up 60 Para Field Hospital and the NDRF for search and rescue operations, including relief and humanitarian assistance to the 'Dost' country.
More than 34,000 people have lost their lives, so far, due to strong tremors from the earthquake and the search and rescue operation is ongoing even after 7 days.
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