Indian Air Force, Navy working on war footing in fight against COVID-19
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Updated: May 10, 2021 23:07 IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy are working tirelessly to provide logistic support to shore up medical supplies to tackle the current COVID-19 situation, as per the Ministry of Defence on Monday.
As on the early hours of May 10, 2021, the IAF aircraft carried out 534 sorties from various parts of the country, airlifting 336 oxygen containers of a total capacity of 6,420 Metric Tonnes (MT) and other medical supplies and equipment. The cities covered are Jamnagar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Panagarh, Indore, Ranchi, Agra, Jodhpur, Begumpet, Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Surat, Raipur, Udaipur, Mumbai, Lucknow, Nagpur, Gwalior, Vijayawada, Baroda, Dimapur and Hindan.