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As India continued to widen its humanitarian assistance to cyclone-battered Sri Lanka nether “Operation Sagar Bandhu”, a C-17 transport craft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025) airlifted a 65-tonne Bailey Bridge from Hindan to Colombo.
A Bailey bridge is simply a portable, prefabricated modular structure, commonly utilized successful flood-hit areas to reconnect 2 separated regions.
The visuals shared by the Ministry of Defence shows the IAF unit progressive successful the coordinated rescue, medical, and alleviation operations successful the aftermath of cyclone Ditwah which has claimed the lives of astatine slightest 479 radical arsenic of Wednesday (December 3) evening.
Op Sagar Bandhu | 03 Dec 25
An Indian Air Force C-17 has airlifted a 65-ton Bailey Bridge from Hindan to Colombo, boosting ongoing HADR efforts successful Sri Lanka.
While @NDRFHQ teams continued life-saving operations, @IAF_MCC Mi-17 V5 helicopters carried retired sustained missions,… pic.twitter.com/QjafKYYJhZ
Meanwhile, IAF’s Mi-17 V5 helicopters carried retired sustained missions, delivering 9 tonnes of alleviation worldly and rescuing 3 survivors from affected areas, the defence ministry said.
India has continued its humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka nether Operation Sagar Bandhu, with extended air, oversea and crushed operations delivering urgent alleviation to those affected by Cyclone Ditwah, the Indian High Commission said connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025). The neighbouring state has been grappling with wide flooding, landslides and terrible infrastructure collapse, leaving respective districts isolated and severely straining the country’s disaster-response capacity.
On November 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the motorboat of “Operation Sagar Bandhu” to assistance Sri Lanka successful its hr of crisis, boosting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts.
Sri Lankah connected Wednesday (December 3) declared 22 of the island’s 25 administrative districts arsenic ‘disaster zones’ successful the aftermath of monolithic devastation owed to the cyclone, which made landfall connected November 25.
Over 1.4 cardinal radical person been affected, with much than 2,33,000 sheltering successful 1,441 alleviation centres, the Sri Lankan authorities information said.
With PTI inputs
