REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs will send 4.5 thousand blankets to the earthquake victims in Nepal, according to Natural Disasters Victims Protection Director Margowiyono.

"The blankets will be delivered this week along with other humanitarian aid," Margowiyono stated here on Monday.

Earlier, the Ministry of Social Affairs had also sent 4.5 thousand blankets along with aid from the government.

"We received a letter from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), and we have existing stock of blankets in our warehouses," he noted.

The blankets were sent from a warehouse in Palembang as the stock in another warehouse was insufficient.

"We had only sent 4.5 thousand blankets as we have to maintain our stock. Previously, we had sent seven thousand blankets to Vanuatu," he pointed out.

The Indonesian government has sent humanitarian aid to Nepal in the form of food and medicines including surgeons. Indonesia's volunteer team also established a hospital to treat the victims.

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Nepal on Saturday morning.

Some 7 thousand people were killed, and more than 14 thousand were injured.

According to UN figures, the earthquake has damaged 600 thousand houses or buildings in the country's capital, Kathmandu.

In addition, some two million people need tents, water, food, and medicines for three months.

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