The 4th flight from 🇮🇳 with 11 tonne assistance is now airborne. The Indian Air Force C-130 aircraft is carrying:
➡️ A Tunnel technical contingent along with equipment for search & rescue operations.
➡️ A team of Forensics experts for DNA analysis along with Forensic equipment.
➡️ Relief supplies, including blankets, sleeping bags, tarpaulin, plastic sheets & hygiene kits.
✅ Additionally, 16-trucks carrying equipment for a 230 feet Single Lane Modular Steel Bridge have reached Nepal.
✅ Equipment for installation of seven more Bailey bridges will be supplied soon. Technical teams for their installation are expected to reach shortly.
✅ So far, a total of 68.5 tonnes of relief material comprising essential medicines, portable generator sets, food packets, water purification tablets and technical equipment have been airlifted to Kathmandu.
Our support to the relief & rescue efforts of🇳🇵continues.
: S. Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs of India