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Navy deploys 2 warships for cyclone relief measures
The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of Indian Navy deployed two war ships, INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt, to take up relief measures for the victims of cyclone Vardah.
Visakhapatnam: The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of Indian Navy deployed two war ships, INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt, to take up relief measures for the victims of cyclone Vardah.
The two ships sailed out from Visakhapatnam harbour in the early morning of Monday and proceeded to Chennai to augment relief efforts at Chennai as part of Operation Madad.
These ships are taking additional medical teams, divers, inflatable rubber boats, integral helicopter and relief material which include food, tents, clothes, medicines, blankets.
Additional ships have been kept standby to supplement efforts for undertaking Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, should the situation demand.
Vice Admiral H C S Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief ENC, reviewed the preparedness of the ENC for undertaking relief operation at Chennai.
The severe cyclone made a landfall late in the evening on Monday. In addition to 10 diving teams embarked on IN ships Shivalik and Kadmatt, Flag Officer Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Area (FOTNA) has readied six diving teams for immediate deployment in consultation with the State administration.
