JCB is supporting the relief effort in earthquake-hit Nepal with the donation of diggers and electrical power generators worth around US$1 million. Ten backhoe loaders were made available immediately to the Nepalese Army and are now at work in the areas worst hit by the disaster which has left more than 5,000 people dead and 10,000 injured.
“It is shocking to see the devastation caused by this earthquake and the resulting widespread damage and destruction,” says JCB chairman Lord Bamford. “On behalf of JCB, I express my heartfelt condolences to everyone affected by this natural disaster. JCB will continue to help the Nepalese Government is every possible way.”
JCB has a long history of helping countries affected by major natural disasters, providing US$500,000 worth of machines and generators to the Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013. Machines were also donated when earthquakes struck in Haiti in 2010 and in China in 2008 and to southern India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia in 2004 following the Boxing Day Tsunami.
