Dalai Lama expresses grief over loss of lives in Morocco quake

Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama has expressed his grief as the deadly earthquake struck Morocco leading to extensive loss of life and caused many injuriesI offer my condolences to Your Excellency the families of those who have lost loved ones and pray for all those affected by this great tragedy Dalai Lama wrote in his statementThe 68magnitude earthquake destroyed entire communities in the Atlas Mountains slopes 72 kilometres 45 miles southwest of Marrakesh a popular tourist destination Al Jazeera reportedThe largest earthquake to ever hit the country of North Africa resulted in at least 2122 fatalities and more than 2400 injuries many of them critically prompting the first foreign rescuers to fly in to assistDalai Lama further expressed his gratitude that the international community was helping the earthquake region by sending them aidI am aware that your government is doing everything it can to provide support to help the rescue and relief efforts in the quake zones It is also heartening that the international community is sending aid following the earthquake he addedHe has urged the Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama to donate towards the rescue and relief effortsAs a token of my solidarity with the people of Morocco affected by this tragedy I have asked the Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama to make a donation towards the rescue and relief efforts Dalai Lama said in a statementHe extended his prayers for the affected people in earthquakehit regionHis Holiness concluded his message with prayers the statement saidNearly every building in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte which is 60 kilometres 37 miles from Marrakesh has been destroyed due to the quake Both survivors and the bodies of the deceased were sought by civilian rescuers and Moroccan military personnelEarlier on Saturday Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives in the quakeTaking to X PM Modi said Extremely pained by the loss of lives due to an earthquake in Morocco In this tragic hour my thoughts are with the people of Morocco Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones May the injured recover at the earliest India is ready to offer all possible assistance to Morocco in this difficult timeThe earthquake took place at 034101 UTC0530 at a depth of 185 km The magnitude of the earthquake caused pulses to travel from Sidi Ifni in the south to Rabat in the north and beyondThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever