Whether you are a supporter of Modi or an opponent of Modi, you have to accept that this kind of rescue operation is unprecedented.
Five people from the Prime Minister's Office were at the spot day and night for 15 days and lived there in the container.
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand was present for three-four hours every day, General VK Singh, Nitin Gadkari and many other ministers used to visit there frequently and review the rescue work.
A special aircraft of the Air Force was sent from Hyderabad and the agar machine was brought from Slovenia. The world's biggest rescue expert was called by a special plane.. To order a special kind of plasma cutter, first the team was sent to Hyderabad, then the plane was sent to America and a special kind of plasma cutter was brought from there.
Four machines and robots and ground penetrating radar were brought from Switzerland by special aircraft.
A helipad and a working runway were also built at the accident site and a vertical oxygen generator plant was installed at the accident site.
Put your hand on your heart and think whether you have ever heard of this rescue operation being conducted in such a quick manner before in history.
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I talked with an 80+ year old man today.
I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping Britain .
He simply smiled, looked away and said:
"Let me tell you what I need! I need to believe in, at some point, this country my generation1/n
2/n fought for.
I need to believe this nation we handed safely to our children and their children...
I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies.
I need to know that they respect what they've been given.
3/n I need to know that they've earned what others sacrificed for."
I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all. So, I sat there, quietly observing.
"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days.
We didn't know if we