Maldives Police service has donated 1.3m Nepalese Rupee to help the aid efforts in Nepal after the earthquake which killed more than 8,000 people and injured another 20,000 last month.
A special ceremony to hand over the donation was held at Iskandharu Koshi yesterday. The donation was received by Maldives Red Crescent and Doctors Association of Maldives.
The fund will be sent to Nepal via Maldives Red Crescent and Doctors Association of Maldives.
During the ceremony, President of the Doctors Association Dr. Nadiya said that the people of Maldives have a very close relationship with the people of Nepal.
She said that the Nepalese government has been helping Maldives most importantly in the field of medicine.
It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Some casualties were also reported in the adjoining areas of India, China, and Bangladesh.
The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing at least 19,[13] making it the deadliest day on the mountain in history. It triggered another huge avalanche in Langtang valley, where 250 were reported missing.
Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley, including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square and the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, particularly because of its geology, urbanization, and architecture.
Continued aftershocks occurred throughout Nepal within 15–20 minute intervals, with one shock reaching a magnitude of 6.7 on 26 April at 12:54:08 NST. The country also had a continued risk of landslides.
Maldives Police Service donates 1.3m Nepalese Rupee in aid of Nepal
