Indian Consul General in quake-hit Haiti safe

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jan 14 (PTI) India's Consul General in Haiti
Marie Andrine is safe following the devastating earthquake
there but there is no information yet on the 60-100 Indian
civilians living in the country.
Indian Ambassador to Cuba Mitra Vasisht, who is also the
Ambassador to Haiti and Dominican Republic said Indian Embassy
in Havana managed to speak to one of the close relatives of
Andrine, who confirmed the Consul General is safe.
Due to the collapse of the communication lines in the 7.0
tremor, the Consul General could not herself be contacted.
However, no information is yet available on the condition
of other Indians living in Haiti, as the communication system
has been devastated.
"We have been trying to get information whole day and
would continue throughout the night," Mitra told PTI over
phone from Havana.
All the 141 Indian police peacekeepers from the Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF), based in the Haitian capital
Port-Au-Prince, which was worst hit, are however safe. Besides
them there are about 60-100 others like businessmen and
engineers, who are yet to be contacted.
Mitra would be leaving Havana for Dominican Republic
today from where she would try and get into Haiti to have a
first hand assessment of the situation in the country. (MORE)
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