‘Operation Dost’: India’s constant endeavor to serve humanity

New Delhi, February 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with officers of ‘Operation Dost’ and demonstrated country’s constant endeavor to serve humanity.

During interaction with ‘Operation Dost’ officers, PM Modi also stated that human welfare is India’s top priority.    

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Taking to his Twitter handle, PM Modi shared a video clip of interaction with officers. He captioned the video, “I will always remember this interaction with those who took part in 'Operation Dost",

"Our culture has taught us Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, which is to treat the world as a family. Irrespective of where a human tragedy happens, our country has been steadfast in making human welfare as its top priority," PM Modi said during an interaction with NDRF officials involved in 'Operation Dost'.

"Today the whole world has goodwill towards India," the PM said.

In the video, the PM Modi is also seen appreciating the officers for their work in providing assistance to earthquake-hit Turkey.

The video showed several clips of Indian team helping quake-hit Turkey and Syria.    

A commanding officer of the NDRF, who was part of the interaction, said, "When I was overseing the rescue and relief work (in Turkey), a patient's relative sensed that I was the commanding officer. He held both my hands, took them to his eyes and then kissed them. He said you are like a father to me. He said 'I represent my country's young generation but I can assure you that the coming generations will remember what your country did for us."

A woman officer recalled a woman in Turkey as telling her, "For me, god comes first and you second."

The officers revealed that the dog squad, which has been deployed as part of the ongoing relief operations, did their work ably and were in good health.

 Another officer said, "We rescued two small girls from the rubble after 80-104 hours."

Notably, Indian Army's medical team deployed under 'Operation Dost' at Ghaziabad's Hindon Airport after a 12-day operation during which they treated over 3,500 patients in earthquake-ravaged Turkey.

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The Indian Army also set up their hospital in a building near a local hospital in Iskenderun.

The 99-member self-contained team successfully ran a fully equipped 30-bedded Field Hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay, attending to nearly 4,000 patients round the clock.