Nepal has limited experience in tunnel rescue operations and needs specialised equipment and technical knowledge to carry out such missions
In addition, we have also offered Bailey bridges along with associated technical teams so that connectivity can be restored quickly in the affected parts of Nepal and we can help in rescue and relief efforts. ..
Instead, Kathmandu is seeking specialised services and technical expertise in areas where Nepal lacks the necessary equipment or experience, foreign minister Khanal told Reuters, as the scale of the disaster continued to overwhelm relief efforts. Nepal is new to tunnels and needs equipment as well as technical knowledge in tunnel rescue operations, he said. Khanal said Nepal did not require foreign assistance for general search-and-rescue work, but had requested specialised services and technical support. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a reconnaissance team was being flown in first to assess conditions and determine what equipment would be required before a tunnel rescue team is deployed. One Bailey bridge is already in Nepal and can be deployed for relief and connectivity efforts,” Jaiswal said. “More bodies are likely to be recovered from these places where hospitals have been overwhelmed with dead bodies and lack refrigerators to store them,” Khanal said.
India has moved quickly to respond to Kathmandu’s request. “As requested by Nepal, we are preparing to send a tunnel rescue team, for which a recce team is being flown in first to assess the on-ground situation and what sort of equipment will be required. We are also sending a medical team to Nepal.
Because their citizens have also gone missing in the floods, “We received massive pressure from the international community to allow at least search-and-rescue teams and some experts. We are allowing a limited number of experts in certain areas,” The Kathmandu Post reported quoting a senior government official.