Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi late Monday evening held a high level meeting to take stock of the evacuation efforts in earthquake-hit Nepal and also took stock of relief supplies and material sent to the affected areas in Nepal and India, local media said Tuesday. "In today's follow up meeting on the situation due to the earthquake, reviewed progress of relief and rescue work in India and Nepal,"Modi tweeted."Took stock of the evacuation of those stranded in Nepal. Also took stock of provision of relief supplies & material to affected areas."

The meeting was attended by Finance Ministers Arun Jaitley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister Manohar Parikkar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, Principal Secretary Nripendra Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the prime minister P.K. Mishra and other senior officials, including the Indian Meteorological Department and the National Disaster Response Force, said Indo-Asian News Service.

This was the third meeting chaired by the prime minister on Nepal quake.

India has evacuated over 1,800 people from Nepal and has been sending relief materials to the quake-stricken nation.

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