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Quake rocks Haiti, no news of 50 consular officers

New Delhi, January 13
India is awaiting information about its 50 Consular level officers in Haiti, which suffered the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years flattening almost all buildings in its capital Port-Au-Prince.

“Since we got the first information, we have been trying to establish contact with our Consulate there..... There are about 50 Consular level officers. We are awaiting information about them,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said here today.

All the 141 Indian police peacekeepers from the Central Industrial Security Force, who are based in the capital which was worst hit are safe, according to CISF spokesperson Rohit Katiyar at the force headquarters in New Delhi. He said a part of the outer perimeter wall of the building, in which Indian contingent is housed fell, but the main structure remain intact. "For the moment we have no news from the 200 to 250 people in the building.," Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman of an UN agency said in Geneva. — PTI