On Monday, the Indian Navy announced the arrival of 3 warships in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and they will be delivering COVID-19 healthcare supplies.
What are the supplies they are delivering?
3,150 oxygen cylinders (empty), 4 27-MT oxygen filled containers, eight 20 T cryogenic oxygen tanks (empty), and 900 Filled oxygen cylinders.
They are also carrying 10,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits, 54 Oxygen concentrators, 450 – PPE kits from Qatar, Kuwait and Singapore.
Which warships are arriving?
With the biggest consignment by a single platform, INS Airavat has reached Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It has a consignment of 3,150 oxygen cylinders (empty), 500 Filled oxygen cylinders, 07 Oxygen concentrators, eight 20 T cryogenic oxygen tanks (empty), 10,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits & 450 – PPE kits from Singapore.
INS Kolkata will be reaching New Mangalore, Karnataka with a consignment of 400 Oxygen cylinders and 47 Oxygen concentrators and two 27 MT Oxygen filled containers, from Qatar and Kuwait.
INS Trikand also reaches Mumbai, Maharashtra and has a load of two 27-MT oxygen filled containers from Qatar.
Update
To help the country’s fight against the worldwide pandemic, as portion of the ongoing Op ‘Samudra Setu’ II, INS Airavat has arrived in Visakhapatnam from Singapore and has on board eight Cryogenic Oxygen Tanks and other vital COVID Medical Stores such as 3898 Oxygen Cylinders. These tanks have been sourced via many agencies and have been completed in coordination with the High Commission of India.
Medical Aid arrives from South Korea
Consignments of healthcare supplies from South Korea, which has 230 oxygen concentrators, 200 oxygen cylinders with regulators and one hundred unfavorable stress isolation stretchers arrived on Sunday and more will arrive on the next flight on May 12, 2021.
According to an official statement issued by the Embassy of South Korea in New Delhi, the 1st and 2nd consignments of healthcare things account for about 20 % of the complete help strategy the government of that nation has announced. More supplies are anticipated to come.
Expressing hope that the help from his nation will enable India in its fight against COVID-19, Shin Bongkil, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to India stated “The Korean government will continue to work closely with the Indian Government in responding to the unfolding challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic”.
IAF sets up CASMC
According to the IAF, considering the fact that April 27, 2021, a COVID Air Support Management Cell (CASMC) is operational at Palam Air Base.
The principal activity of the cell which is operating round the clock is to coordinate in an effective manner the distribution of all the relief help coming from foreign nations.
To manage the surge operations, which according to the IAF incorporate manpower, ground handling and loading gear, sources have been coordinated. Also cars like flat major trailers and forklifts have been supplied.
Since April 28, 2021, one C-130 and two AN-32 transport aircraft are operating at Palam — they are airlifting loads on pretty brief notice to many areas across the nation.
Recently there was a meeting with Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), Air India SATS and Air Force Movement Liaison Unit. The concentrate of the meeting was to enable in streamlining custom and warehousing connected concerns.