ICSF - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers | SAMUDRA | Issue No : 85 icsf.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icsf.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NEW DELHI: The IAF has now clocked over 1,000 sorties by its heavy-lift aircraft like C-17 Globemaster-III and Ilyushin-76 to transport cryogenic containers and medical equipment from abroad as well as within the country in the battle against oxygen shortage and transportation bottlenecks during the second Covid-19 pandemic wave.
“It has been a huge effort since mid-April. These 1,000 sorties, which include 161 sorties from abroad, do not include the ones being undertaken by medium-lift aircraft like C-130J `Super Hercules’ and Antonov-32,” said a defence ministry official on Monday.
From abroad, the IAF has airlifted over 120 containers, with a total capacity of over 1,000 metric ton, and a load of over 500 metric ton of medical equipment from countries like Singapore, Dubai, Thailand, Germany, Australia, Belgium, Indonesia, the Netherlands, UK, Israel and France.
INS Kolkata arrives at New Mangalore.
NEW DELHI: Three Indian warships, with large oxygen-filled containers, cylinders and other medical supplies from abroad, reached the country on Monday under the ongoing Operation Samudra Setu-II launched by the Navy.
Stealth frigate INS Trikand arrived at Mumbai with 40 metric ton (MT) of liquid medical oxygen in cryogenic containers from the Hamad Port at Doha in Qatar. “This consignment is part of `Oxygen Solidarity Bridge’ of France, through its mission in Qatar, to support India’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic,” said Navy spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal. The India-French initiative is aimed at shipping over 600 MT of liquid oxygen to India over the next two months.