Two naval ships with medical supplies from Singapore, Middle East arrive

In one of many single largest consignment of emergency medical supplies from overseas, Navy’s touchdown ship tank INS Airavat arrived on the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam from Singapore with eight 20-tonne cryogenic oxygen tanks (empty) and different important COVID-19 medical shops, together with 3898 oxygen cylinders, as a part of Operation Samudra Setu II. In addition, INS Trikand reached Mumbai with two 27 MT (metric tonne) oxygen stuffed containers from Qatar.

INS Airavat’s consignment additionally includes 3,150 oxygen cylinders (empty), 500 stuffed oxygen cylinders, seven oxygen concentrators, 10,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits and 450 PPE kits, the Navy stated on Monday.

A 3rd ship, INS Kolkata, is arriving on the New Mangalore port with two 27 MT oxygen stuffed containers, 400 oxygen cylinders and 47 oxygen concentrators embarked from Qatar and Kuwait.

Last week, the Navy, as a part of Operation Samudra Setu II, diverted 9 warships deployed on the excessive seas to numerous ports within the area, extending from Kuwait within the west to Singapore within the east, to select up emergency medical oxygen and different supplies.

Singapore has additionally facilitated the contribution of 300 oxygen concentrators from Olam International and Temasek basis to Tamil Nadu. These have been handed over to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday, the Singapore excessive Commission in India stated on social media.