A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, killing over 1,600 people and causing widespread destruction. India has launched Operation Brahma to provide medical assistance, including a 60-bed medical centre in the affected region. The Prime Minister of India conveyed condolences and solidarity to Myanmar's leadership, pledging support for relief and rescue efforts. Meanwhile, rescue operations continue in Mandalay, with many trapped in rubble.
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00:00We have some breaking news, it's coming in. Indian medical aid along with field hospital
00:05at Myanmar landing. Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel
00:10on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster
00:15to hit the impoverished Bortol country in years. Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among
00:21the biggest to droll the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges
00:27and highways amid a civil war that has wrecked the economy and displaced millions.
00:46The death toll continues to rise in disaster-hit Myanmar. According to the latest information,
00:50dead bodies of over 1,600 people have already been recovered
00:54by the authorities and the number is expected to rise further. Multiple buildings collapsed
00:58into piles of rubble and twisted metal coated in dust after the powerful jolt on Friday.
01:03Rescue operations are currently underway in Mandalay and several people are feared to be
01:08trapped inside the rubble. Meanwhile, India has launched Operation Brahma to provide medical
01:12assistance to Myanmar. Under this operation, a 60-bed medical centre will be established in
01:17earthquake-hit region to take care of the injured. Meanwhile, Thai Prime Minister asserted that the
01:22situation was back to normal in Bangkok and only one building, which was under construction,
01:27had collapsed in the Thai capital.
01:53Our best to provide relief, rescue.
01:59We launched Operation Brahma. Brahma, as you know, is a god of creation.
02:07At a time when we are extending a helping hand to the government of Myanmar, to the people of
02:15Myanmar, to rebuild their country in the wake of the devastation, this particular name of the
02:25operation has a special resonance, a special meaning.
02:31Work has been continuing all day here in the Thai capital, Bangkok, to try to find anybody
02:36still alive under the huge pile of rubble that's all that's left of the building site
02:42that collapsed yesterday during Friday's quake. They brought in a lot more heavy lifting gear.
02:47You can see some of it behind me now, a lot more personnel. But when you see the scale of the task
02:53in front of them, you understand why it's such a slow process. There is still hope. That is
02:57according to the Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Anutin, who came here on a site visit this afternoon.
03:03But he said that hope is likely to go 72 hours on from the quake itself.
03:12The situation in Thailand has calmed down now, and there will be a check on the buildings
03:21that will be taken care of.
03:25Especially in Bangkok, yesterday, there was a building that collapsed.
03:31One of the buildings was under construction, and the other buildings in Kuala Lumpur
03:37were also under construction.
03:41So there is no danger to their lives.
03:45Now, the Yodha group is looking at the building that collapsed, what happened, and what the
03:49situation will be in the future.
03:53I will be back in a week to report on what happened, why it's like this, and what we
03:57can do to fix it in the future.