India stands ready to offer assistance: PM Modi after quake hits Myanmar, Thailand - video Dailymotion

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that ‘India stands ready to offer all assistance’ to Myanmar and Thailand after a massive earthquake of 7.7 on Richter scale hit the nations on Friday.

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00:00What a nightmare truly looks like. There have been earthquake reported from Myanmar, Thailand

00:11and remember that this is not just about the earthquake. 7.7 on the Richter scale. Prime

00:18Minister Modi also has immediately put out statements expressing concerns over these

00:23earthquake that have happened and remember we are talking about multiple countries here

00:27that have been impacted. Prime Minister Modi says the External Affairs Ministry is in touch

00:31with Myanmar and Thailand. We are concerned by the situation. We are praying for the safety

00:36and well-being of everyone. India stands ready to offer all possible assistance and in this

00:41regard we have already asked the authorities to be on standby. We have asked the External

00:45Affairs Ministry to remain in touch with the governments of Myanmar and Thailand. Just

00:50for the background for the viewer, if you are tuning in right now, there's been a 7.7

00:55on the Richter scale earthquake that has hit specifically Myanmar which has been the epicentre

01:02but as you've seen there have been visuals coming in from Thailand as well, other countries

01:07as well and the visuals are scary to say the least. Buildings falling like a pack of cards

01:15within seconds. For example, a visual on your screen, people rushing for cover, rushing

01:22to safety, look at that. That is an under-construction building though but there are many residential

01:27buildings which have been caught on video falling within seconds and therefore remember

01:33it's not just about the situation right now but as much about civilians there, not just

01:39property aftermath and both Thailand and Myanmar have a very strong Indian diaspora population

01:46as well and therefore it's pertinent on Prime Minister Modi as much to immediately send

01:51out a message with regard to if any assistance is needed to offer it for Myanmar and Thailand

01:56government but also of course remember we are talking about thousands if not lakhs of

02:01Indians who do reside or visit Thailand and Myanmar. Visuals from the airport on one side,

02:09let's take a look at some of the visuals coming in consistently. So the epicentre was Myanmar,

02:17that's why the impact has been maximum there but there has been also Thailand, Bangladesh,

02:24parts of China that has suffered from the earthquake and the visuals speaking for itself.

02:31Remember this is what truly a nightmare earthquake really looks like. 7.7 on the Richter scale

02:36in itself is a high number and then also it depends about the depth and the shallow depth

02:42here has led to that kind of aftermath on your screens.

03:00Remembers remember while the maximum of course aftermath has been witnessed in Myanmar which

03:06has been the epicentre but even in Bangkok which is an international tourist destination

03:11even at this time of the day there has been a strong tremor that has been felt. We are

03:16told that just about 10 kilometres was the depth epicentre Myanmar and therefore even

03:24in other countries, the neighbour countries there has been a kind of panic, people running

03:31for shelter. Indian Prime Minister not wasting any time and immediately putting out a statement

03:36to say that we are watching and if there is any assistance required we have told the

03:41authorities to be on standby.

India stands ready to offer assistance: PM Modi after quake hits Myanmar, Thailand

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