NEW DELHI: Indian passengers arriving at Kolkata airport from Bangkok shared harrowing experiences of the highly effective 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday morning, killing no less than 144 folks and injuring over 700.
A number of passengers described the chaos and concern they witnessed in Bangkok. Alok Mittal, who was at a mall when the tremors hit, recalled how shopkeepers evacuated and folks had been compelled to take a seat on the streets for hours.
“The state of affairs was harmful. Fortunately, we had been on the bottom ground of the mall. All of the shopkeepers went out of the mall. We had been sitting on the streets for six hours… We instantly booked a flight and got here again to India,” he mentioned.
One other passenger, Dilip Agarwal, recounted scenes of panic and destruction. “The earthquake was huge. We had been at a mall, everybody began operating in panic. We noticed a constructing collapse. The folks in Bangkok are scared,” he added.
Among the many returning travellers, Ranjan Banerjee recounted the chaos in Bangkok. He described how malls and workplace buildings had been swiftly evacuated when the tremors hit, although the state of affairs had since returned to regular.
“The state of affairs is regular proper now, however when it occurred, there was an emergency state of affairs. Malls and workplaces had been evacuated. The Metro rail system was shut,” Ranjan Banerjee mentioned.
Recalling the chaos, Sanjiv Dutta, who additionally returned from Bangkok, mentioned, “My mattress began shaking when the earthquake occurred. After I awakened, I noticed that the constructing was shaking. Later, I noticed folks operating in panic. I got here to the bottom ground from the seventh ground and waited there for a while. There was large visitors. It took 5-6 hours to cowl 30 kilometres…”
In the meantime, the Indian Embassy in Thailand confirmed that no Indian residents had been reported damage.
In a submit on X, the embassy said, “After highly effective earthquake tremors recorded in Bangkok and in different components of Thailand, the Embassy is carefully monitoring the state of affairs in coordination with the Thai authorities. To this point, no untoward incident involving any Indian citizen has been reported. In case of any emergency, Indian nationals in Thailand are suggested to contact the emergency quantity +66 618819218. All members of the Indian Embassy in Bangkok and Consulate in Chiang Mai are protected.”
In accordance with the Nationwide Middle for Seismology, Myanmar skilled six earthquakes on Friday, compounding the area’s devastation.
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