Over 5,000 college students from an Indian faculty write messages on a 72-metre-long card to convey solidarity and condolences to affected individuals in Türkiye quakes.
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“We pray for you,” “keep sturdy,” and “we’re with you” are a number of the messages written by college students of an Indian faculty on a 72-metre-long (236-foot-long) card to specific solidarity and condolences to Turkish individuals after devastating earthquakes struck southern Türkiye earth this month.
Over 5,000 college students from Seth Anandram Jaipuria Faculty in Ghaziabad, a metropolis close to the nationwide capital New Delhi, delivered the lengthy card to the Turkish Embassy, in line with the varsity principal Shalini Nambiar.
Nambiar instructed Anadolu that it was “painful to see how persons are struggling in Türkiye after the earthquakes and that one of the simplest ways to assist them was to ignite a spirit of giving amongst the youngsters.”
“Schooling is incomplete with out values and thus I made a decision to get a protracted card carrying schoolchildren’s and lecturers’ prayers and blessings,” she mentioned. “Kids have been seen crying whereas writing their messages.”
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‘Operation Dost (good friend)’
She mentioned the varsity additionally donated blankets for earthquake victims.
“I made a card for the individuals of Türkiye as a result of I consider Türkiye as India’s good friend and I need to help it throughout this catastrophic time,” mentioned Aashima Tandon, a pupil within the faculty.
Turkish Ambassador to India Fırat Sunel wrote on his Twitter that 5,100 little schoolchildren with golden hearts made this lengthy banner to specific their solidarity with Türkiye.
Whereas the Indian authorities instantly launched “Operation Dost” to ship rescue groups and reduction to earthquake-hit Türkiye and Syria, individuals from completely different walks of life in India are coming ahead to help and ship materials to earthquake-affected individuals in Türkiye.
Not less than 40,642 individuals have been killed and over 108,000 injured in two highly effective earthquakes that rocked southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in line with the newest official figures.
The 7.7- and seven.6-magnitude earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa.
In Syria, at the least 5,840 individuals have been killed.
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