With the Sri Lankan army's offensive against LTTE almost over, India will send 25 tonnes of medicines worth over Rs 3 crores to help the internally displaced population in the northern parts of the island nation.
"An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft carrying about 25 tonnes of medicines is scheduled to leave Delhi for Colombo on May 22 (Friday). This will be disbursed among the sick, wounded and internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka," Defence Ministry officials said here on Monday.
In March this year, Indian Armed Forces had set up a fully equipped 50-bed hospital close to a relief camp at Pulmodai town on Sri Lanka’s northeastern coast. Read more ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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