NEW DELHI, Oct 13: An Indian relief train was due to cross the Wagah-Attari border on Thursday night with a consignment of blankets, medicines and tents for the Azad Kashmir earthquake victims, official sources said.
A foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the measure, to be the second Indian relief consignment to Pakistan since a massive earthquake devatstaed Azad Kashmir and frontier regions of Pakistan.
“India is sending the second consignment of relief supplies for the people of Pakistan in the wake of the recent earthquake. The supplies total 82 tons which includes 5,000 blankets, 370 tents, 5 tons of plastic sheets and 12 tons of medicines,” the spokesman said.
Menawhile, seven Indians, who were stranded in Azad Kashmir after Saturday’s earthquake, returned home via the Wagah border on Thursday.
Among the seven Indians to return home were two members of Jammu’s Tandon family. They were airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Rawalpindi on Wednesday from where they crossed over to India. NDTV news channel said there were 54 Indians in Azad Kashmir on Saturday when the earthquake struck.
