Gangtok, Sep 21 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited quake-hit Sikkim to assess ongoing rescue and relief efforts.
Accompanied by Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh, Gandhi undertook an aerial survey of the quake affected areas.
Gandhi would be visiting Manipal Hospital and the Sir Thutop Namgyal Memorial Hospital, where most of the injured have been admitted.
A powerful earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude hit Sikkim and several areas in the eastern part of the country and neighbouring Nepal on the evening of September 18.
The epicentre of the quake was located in the Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 kilometres from Gangtok on the Sikkim-Nepal border.
Tremors were also felt in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. (ANI)
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