NDTV EXCLUSIVE: Indian living in Bangkok told how the situation in Thailand is now after the earthquake?
Thailand Earthquake: “I was in my daughter’s school. A sports program was to be held there. In which all the children were busy preparing for the children. Their family members also arrived. The parents were cheering the children, then suddenly the land started trembling. I felt that my head was roaming around. I sat there. It was asked to get out. ” Bhartiya Prem Kishore Mohanty, who faced the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, Thailand, told the NDTV.
150 killed so far in the earthquake in Thailand-Syamanar
44 -year -old Prem Kishore Mohanty lives in Bangkok, Thailand. The death toll in the earthquake in Myanmar, Thailand on Friday has been above 150. Several buildings were frozen due to a magnificent earthquake of 7.7, roads were broken. In a conversation with NDTV, Prem Kishore Mohanty explained in detail about the situation there.
Mohanty said, “While running away from school, we were asked to escape from the street next to the school, which was surrounded by high-rise buildings. The water from the swimming pool of these buildings was falling down like a waterfall.”
Video of water falling like lake from hotel roof viral
A video of water circling like a waterfall from the high building has also surfaced, which is from the city’s luxurious Hotel Intercontinental Bangkok. The water of the swimming pool on the upper floors of this hotel is seen falling from the edges due to shaking.
Earthquake Sum Up 3PM (Mynamar/Thailand)
– 7.7 Quake Hit Near Mandalay/Myanmar
– Hundreds of Homes Collapsed (Various Myanmar Cities)
– Strong Shocks in Thailand + Multiple Building Collapse in Bangkok
– USGS Predicts Thousands of People Dead(Bangkok clips from social media 🙂 pic.twitter.com/kjodtn6big
– Florian Witulski (@vaitor) March 28, 2025
Public transport stalled, streets jammed
Prem Kishore Mohanty, who lives in Sukhumavit, Bangkok with a 5 -year -old daughter and 42 -year -old wife, said that the earthquake suddenly stalled in Bangkok. Public transport was stopped. Traffic jams in the major streets and people gathered outside the buildings, and everything started waiting for it to be cleaned.
People living in tall buildings fell
Mohanty lives in an apartment tower. He said, “People were asked to use stairs to avoid fire and wait outside the buildings. The low -height buildings did not have that much impact, but some people living on the upper floors of high buildings say their belongings fell from the cupboard and the pipeline broke.”
Mohanty told that after the earthquake tremors were over, we reached our house somehow. Where saw that there is a crack on a wall of the house.
‘Retired German after getting down directly from the 22nd floor’
Mohanty further said, “My neighbor on the 22nd floor is a retired German, who ran down the stairs with his pet cat after the earthquake. He did not stop before reaching the lobby. We have many Japanese migrants in the lower pleasant region, and they have not seen such a big earthquake in their lives.”
Earthquake holds the entire city, transport still closed
Mohanty told NDTV, “Such a sharp earthquake in Bangkok is rare, and this earthquake that came on Friday afternoon held the entire city. Public transport is currently closed. Traffic is currently blocked everywhere. People are still standing outside the buildings and waiting for the green signal.”
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