Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka: PM Modi announces assistance under 'Operation Sagar Bandhu'

India connected Friday (November 28, 2025) delivered indispensable alleviation supplies to cyclone-battered Sri Lanka with Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveying to the land federation that New Delhi stands acceptable supply much assistance to it to woody with the situation.

New Delhi launched “Operation Sagar Bandhu” to assistance Sri Lanka successful its hr of situation and the archetypal tranche of alleviation materials were handed aft the consignments were transported by Indian Navy's craft bearer INS Vikrant and frontline vessel INS Udaigiri.

At slightest 56 radical person been killed successful Sri Lanka owed to floods and landslides.

Over 43,900 radical from 12,313 families person been deed by the utmost upwind conditions, according to Sri Lankan authorities.

"My heartfelt condolences to the radical of Sri Lanka who person mislaid their loved ones owed to Cyclone Ditwah. I commune for the safety, comfortableness and swift betterment of each affected families," PM Modi said connected societal media.

In solidarity with our closest maritime neighbour, India has urgently dispatched alleviation materials and captious humanitarian assistance and catastrophe alleviation enactment nether "Operation Sagar Bandhu", helium said.

"We basal acceptable to supply much assistance and assistance arsenic the concern evolves. Guided by India's Neighbourhood First argumentation and Vision MAHASAGAR, India continues to basal firmly with Sri Lanka successful its hr of need," helium added.

PM Modi announced the MAHASAGAR oregon Mutual And Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions imaginativeness for India's engagement with the Global South during his sojourn to Mauritius successful March.

Separately External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced launching of 'Operation Sagar Bandhu' to assistance Sri Lanka woody with deaths and demolition caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

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"Operation Sagar Bandhu commences. INS Vikrant and INS Udaigiri manus implicit alleviation worldly astatine Colombo. Further steps are underway," helium said.

India's archetypal indigenous craft bearer INS Vikrant, and latest indigenous stealth frigate INS Udaygiri are successful Sri Lanka to enactment astatine a three-day International Fleet Review (IFR) that began connected Thursday (November 27, 2025).

The lawsuit is being hosted to people the Sri Lanka Navy's 75th anniversary. It features information of naval ships from respective countries.

Sri Lankan defence officials said INS Vikrant was formally requested for usage of its craft for ongoing rescue and alleviation operations for the cyclone alleviation operations.