Julie has actually been granted the ‘director general’s commendation function’.
New Delhi:
Six-year-old Julie, a canine of the NDRF, has actually been granted with a commendation certificate for seeking and assisting rescuers to save the life of a little lady who was buried under mounds of debris in earthquake-hit Turkiye in February, authorities said Saturday.
The female Labrador became part of the Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) group that was sent as part of ‘Operation dost’ to rescue and offer relief to the victims of the enormous 7.8 magnitude quake that struck Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on February 6.
Julie has actually been granted the ‘director general’s commendation function’ for carrying out exceptional search and rescue work throughout this operation. She has actually been selected for this award for the particular function she played in seeking life from the particles of a multi-storey building which caused the rescue of six-year-old lady Beren who was caught for more than 70 hours, a senior officer said.
#Rescuer#Julie,
NDRF’s life saver rescue canine; granted with Director General’s Commendation Roll for exceptional Search & Rescue work throughout #OpDost in Türkiye.#SavingLivesAndBeyond 🇮🇳@AtulKarwal@PIBHomeAffairs@PIB_India@ANIpic.twitter.com/KshhgsroS6— NDRF 🇮🇳 (@NDRFHQ) June 9, 2023
Beren was rescued from Gaziantep location of Turkiye and after Julie initially showed a live victim, her coworker Romeo, a male Labrador canine, too validated the existence of life through his barks.
Julie is dealing with the second battalion of the NDRF that is based in Kolkata.
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