Korea to send 2nd contingent of disaster relief team to Nepal
Trucks carrying equipment and supplies for the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), deployed to Nepal for search and rescue operations following devastating floods, leave the Bhaktapur base camp for downtown Kathmandu, Tuesday (local time). Yonhap
Korea plans to send a second contingent of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) to continue search-and-rescue operations in flood-hit Nepal, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday.
The first KDRT contingent, which was dispatched to Nepal on Sept. 2, is preparing to return home following a decision by a government-private joint council, according to the official.
"The first KDRT contingent is scheduled to return home on Sept. 11 aboard a KC-330 transport aircraft," he said, adding that its mission was originally scheduled to last 10 days.
The foreign ministry said the second team will also continue search-and-rescue operations in Nepal.
The KDRT, consisting of 44 personnel from the foreign ministry, fire authorities and other agencies, set up a base camp in Batar in the neighboring Nuwakot district, a major stop on the route to flood-hit Rasuwa.
Nine Koreans went missing following massive floods and landslides while working at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower plant construction site in the Rasuwa district.