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As portion of the ongoing Operation Sagar Bandhu, launched to supply urgent Search & Rescue and Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) to Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy has deployed 4 further ships — INS Gharial, LCU 54, LCU 51 and LCU 57 — to present alleviation worldly to regions affected by cyclone Ditwah.
Earlier, INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri and INS Sukanya had extended captious support, including alleviation supplies and heli-borne hunt and rescue operations.
According to Indian Navy, the 3 LCUs reached Colombo connected the greeting of 07 December, handing implicit captious alleviation supplies to Sri Lankan authorities. INS Gharial was slated to get astatine Trincomalee connected Monday to proceed the humanitarian mission.
Carrying 1,000 tonnes of alleviation supplies, this deployment highlights the heavy people-to-people ties betwixt India and Sri Lanka and reaffirm the Indian Navy’s steadfast committedness to timely humanitarian assistance crossed the Indian Ocean Region.
