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Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) met Sri Lankan firm leaders and reiterated India’s continued enactment for the cyclone-hit land nation, wherever the disaster has claimed implicit 600 lives truthful far.
Mr. Jha's gathering with the firm leaders associated with the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund’ came arsenic Sri Lanka has been grappling with wide flooding, landslides and terrible infrastructure illness pursuing Cyclone Ditwah.
As galore arsenic 607 radical person died truthful acold successful the disaster, which besides near respective districts isolated and acutely strained the country's disaster-response capacity.
Mr. Jha met the firm leaders to sermon the "way up for rehabilitation and recovery", the Indian High Commission said successful an X post.
He besides briefed them connected the elements of "India‘s effect and continued committedness to basal by Sri Lanka successful its resurgence from this crisis," it added.
India was the archetypal state to respond to Sri Lanka’s planetary entreaty for assistance nether its Operation Sagar Bandhu.
Its humanitarian assistance has continued crossed onshore and air, focusing connected some exigency effect and sustained aesculapian care, the Indian ngo said successful a property release.
Since the motorboat of Operation Sagar Bandhu connected November 28, India has provided much than 58 tonnes of alleviation worldly including adust rations, tents, tarpaulins, hygiene kits, h2o purification kits and astir 4.5 tonnes of medicines and surgical equipment.
Sting successful the tail: connected Cyclone Ditwah, its impact
Another 50 tonnes of equipment, including generators, inflatable rescue boats, and Outboard Motors, person been provided, and 130 tonnes of Bailey Bridge units person been airlifted on with 31 engineers to reconstruct captious connectivity.
Two columns of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising 80 experts and K9 units with specially trained dogs, conducted rescue and alleviation operations, evacuating astir 150 stranded persons. A full-fledged tract infirmary with 78 aesculapian unit from India is present providing life-saving attraction successful Mahiyanganaya adjacent Kandy.
Indian Air Force astatine the frontline of aerial operations
Medical centres person besides been acceptable up from the BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri). Arogya Maitri cubes successful the severely deed Ja-Ela and Negombo. INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri and INS Sukanya person provided contiguous rescue and alleviation assistance to Sri Lanka. Apart from the 2 Chetak helicopters deployed from INS Vikrant, 2 heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are actively progressive successful evacuations and airlifting alleviation material.
Further, astir 2,500 stranded Indians were evacuated from Sri Lanka, including much than 400 connected IAF aircraft.
The NDRF teams, which returned location connected Friday, worked intimately with Sri Lankan authorities and conducted extended search, rescue and alleviation operations.
The teams evacuated astir 150 people, assisted susceptible groups including large women and the physically challenged, recovered the deceased, distributed nutrient packets, and restored harmless h2o by de-watering contaminated wells. IAF helicopters stay astatine the frontline of aerial operations, safely airlifting those affected from Kotmale to Katunayake connected Thursday for further aesculapian attraction and support.
On Friday, Indian MI-17 helicopters evacuated 7 survivors and airlifted 9.5 tons of alleviation worldly nether the coordination of Sri Lankan authorities, the Indian ngo said.
