At least 34 people killed, dozens injured in India after powerful Nepal earthquake
Posted April 25, 2015 6:46 am.
Last Updated April 30, 2015 12:24 pm.
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NEW DELHI – At least 34 people were killed and dozens more injured in India in a powerful earthquake that struck neighbouring Nepal on Saturday, the government said.
At least 23 people were killed in the eastern state of Bihar in the seven districts that share a border with Nepal, India’s Home Ministry said in a statement. Eight people were killed in Uttar Pradesh state. House and wall collapses killed three in West Bengal state.
Dozens in India were also injured in the magnitude-7.8 quake.
Five teams from India’s National Disaster Response Force have been sent to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to help with relief work, the ministry’s statement said.