<p>New Delhi: A 'pancake' collapse of multiple buildings and houses leading to floors falling one over the other has become a challenge for rescue workers in quake-hit Myanmar with India's<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ndrf"> NDRF</a> retrieving about 14 bodies so far from the rubble, officials said Tuesday.</p>.<p>The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) specialists have spread across 13 buildings as part of the 'Sector D' disaster rescue plan in Mandalay city and they are still "looking for lives" despite all odds, the officials monitoring the rescue operations from here told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>About 14 bodies have been taken out by NDRF personnel till now. But, they are still hopeful to find signs of life. Miracles do happen and during the Turkiye quake rescue operation in 2023 a life was found on the 17th day after the temblor struck, they said.</p>.<p>Majority of buildings have collapsed like a 'pancake' and it is making the task difficult for the rescuers as they have to cut through heavy slabs for hours and lift mounds of rubble through earth movers to look for people who could be alive, the officials said.</p>.Water and medicine in short supply after Myanmar earthquake, says UN.<p>Had it been a tilted collapse, the ray of hope is much brighter and the 'golden hours' for rescuers to save lives is more, according to quake rescue experts.</p>.<p>The NDRF is also using its four canines who could sniff vital signs of a fainted or unconscious human being, as per the officials.</p>.<p>The federal disaster contingency force has also been directed to assist local authorities in distributing relief items to the victims.</p>.<p>India has dispatched a team of 80 NDRF rescuers to its neighbouring country following the massive 7.7 Richter quake that struck on March 28.</p>.<p>Press reports emerging from the disaster-hit country quoted the head of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, saying 2,719 people have been found dead and 441 were missing till now. About 4,500 others have been injured.</p>.<p>India launched 'Operation Brahma' soon after the quake rattled large parts of Myanmar including capital Naypyitaw and the second largest city of Mandalay with medicines, ration, food and tents being airlifted and shipped to the country through its military aircraft and ships.</p>.<p>Myanmar shares a 1,643-km long front with India.</p>
<p>New Delhi: A 'pancake' collapse of multiple buildings and houses leading to floors falling one over the other has become a challenge for rescue workers in quake-hit Myanmar with India's<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/ndrf"> NDRF</a> retrieving about 14 bodies so far from the rubble, officials said Tuesday.</p>.<p>The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) specialists have spread across 13 buildings as part of the 'Sector D' disaster rescue plan in Mandalay city and they are still "looking for lives" despite all odds, the officials monitoring the rescue operations from here told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>About 14 bodies have been taken out by NDRF personnel till now. But, they are still hopeful to find signs of life. Miracles do happen and during the Turkiye quake rescue operation in 2023 a life was found on the 17th day after the temblor struck, they said.</p>.<p>Majority of buildings have collapsed like a 'pancake' and it is making the task difficult for the rescuers as they have to cut through heavy slabs for hours and lift mounds of rubble through earth movers to look for people who could be alive, the officials said.</p>.Water and medicine in short supply after Myanmar earthquake, says UN.<p>Had it been a tilted collapse, the ray of hope is much brighter and the 'golden hours' for rescuers to save lives is more, according to quake rescue experts.</p>.<p>The NDRF is also using its four canines who could sniff vital signs of a fainted or unconscious human being, as per the officials.</p>.<p>The federal disaster contingency force has also been directed to assist local authorities in distributing relief items to the victims.</p>.<p>India has dispatched a team of 80 NDRF rescuers to its neighbouring country following the massive 7.7 Richter quake that struck on March 28.</p>.<p>Press reports emerging from the disaster-hit country quoted the head of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, saying 2,719 people have been found dead and 441 were missing till now. About 4,500 others have been injured.</p>.<p>India launched 'Operation Brahma' soon after the quake rattled large parts of Myanmar including capital Naypyitaw and the second largest city of Mandalay with medicines, ration, food and tents being airlifted and shipped to the country through its military aircraft and ships.</p>.<p>Myanmar shares a 1,643-km long front with India.</p>