CES TROOPS ASSIT RESCUE AND RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN NEPAL
Representing the first Emergency Rescue and Relief Contingent of 44 Service Personnel and 4 Civil Medical Consultants dispatched to Nepal to assist the earthquake relief efforts , One Officer and 20 Other Ranks of the Corps of Engineer Services departed for Nepal. Lt LGNU Kumara CES and 2 ORs departed for Nepal on 26 March 2015 with the first team of the Rescue Contingent commanded by Major General MAM Dias RWP RSP USP psc. The rest of the CES troops consisting of 18 CES Other Ranks arrived at Nepal on with the second team of the Contingent on 29 March 2015. During their stay in Nepal , contributing to the relief efforts, they assisted with setting up camps by providing electricity and water supply . Also the CES Troops were able to successfully complete some repair works at “Danya Kuti Wihara†Buddhist Temple in Banepa town that sustained damages from the earthquake.
