After unloading reduction materials in Syria, the flight will head to Turkey

Damascus:

The seventh ‘Operation Dost’ flight reached earthquake-hit Syria on Sunday with over 23 tons of reduction materials which was obtained by Deputy Minister of Native Administration & Atmosphere Moutaz Douaji at Damascus airport.

“seventh #OperationDost flight reached Syria with over 23 tons of reduction materials, together with gensets, photo voltaic lamps, emergency & essential care medicines, & catastrophe reduction consumables. Obtained at Damascus airport by Deputy Minister of Native Administration and Atmosphere Moutaz Douaji,” tweeted Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

The seventh Operation Dost flight on Saturday departed for earthquake-hit Syria and Turkey. The Indian Air Pressure C17 carrying reduction materials, medical assist, emergency and significant care medicines, medical tools and consumables took off from Hindon Airbase in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.

The IAF plane with reduction supplies, medical assist, and emergency and significant care medicines will first land in Syria and unload supplies after which head to Turkey.  Minister of Exterior Affairs S Jaishankar additionally took to his Twitter deal with to speak concerning the flight departing from Ghaziabad.

He tweeted, “The seventh #OperationDost flight departs for Syria and Turkiye. Flight is carrying reduction materials, medical assist, emergency & essential care medicines, medical tools & consumables.”

The Indian Military additionally tweeted, “An #IAF C-17 plane obtained airborne final night time for #Syria and #Turkiye, bearing reduction materials and emergency tools.”

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned that the earthquake reduction materials and tools had been despatched to Syria and Turkey. The flight is headed to Damascus and after offloading reduction materials there, it’s going to head to Adana.

In keeping with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, the flight is carrying greater than 35 tons of reduction materials, of which over 23 tons is headed for reduction efforts in Syria, and round 12 tons to Turkey.

The help being despatched for Syria contains reduction supplies, sleeping mats, gensets, photo voltaic lamps, tarpaulins, blankets, emergency and significant care medicines, and catastrophe reduction consumables, in line with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.

The fabric being despatched to Turkey consists of crew provides for the Military subject hospital and NDRF, medical tools reminiscent of ECG, affected person monitor, anaesthesia machine, syringe pumps, glucometer, blankets and different reduction supplies.

Earlier within the day, the reduction materials, medical tools, medical assist, and significant care medicines had been being loaded into the IAF plane.

On February 06, 2023, a devastating earthquake occurred in Turkey and Syria.

The loss of life rely throughout Turkey and Syria following Monday’s earthquake reached 28,192 on Saturday (native time), reported CNN.

India launched Operation Dost to increase help to Turkey in addition to Syria after devastating quakes and aftershocks within the area.

Beneath ‘Operation Dost’, India is sending a large quantity of humanitarian assist to Turkey and Syria.

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