US EditionIndia's Swift Humanitarian Response to Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka: A Commitment to Recovery
India's Operation Sagar Bandhu includes modular Bailey bridges and medical teams aiding over 1.8 million stranded people amid flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka.
- On Thursday, the Government of India airlifted additional movable modular bridge systems to Colombo under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster delivering Bailey Bridge systems following a prior consignment and 500 water-purification units.
- Sri Lankan authorities reported Cyclone Ditwah caused flooding, landslides, infrastructure collapse, 486 deaths and 341 missing as of Thursday, with extreme weather since November 16.
- Engineers who arrived on Wednesday and 25 personnel including engineering experts and a medical team have begun reconnaissance and field hospital support for rapid bridge deployment.
- The Indian High Commission in Colombo said Bailey bridges can be assembled within hours, digital disaster-response collaboration continues, and Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lankan President, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
- Preliminary estimates put economic loss from the cyclone between USD 6–7 billion, telecom authorities said mobile coverage recovered to about 75% despite 9,332 communication towers intact, but more than 16,900 distribution points remain offline, and Bhaskar Katamneni shared a digital toolkit to aid disaster response.
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India's Swift Humanitarian Response to Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka: A Commitment to Recovery
India's Swift Humanitarian Response to Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka: A Commitment to Recovery In a significant display of neighborly support, Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha engaged with Sri Lankan corporate leaders to highlight India's robust response to the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. The cyclone, which has tragically claimed over 600 lives, left the island grappling with severe infrastructural damage and isolated regions.India, having initiate…
Operation Sagar Bandhu: India Sets Up Fully Operational Field Hospital in Sri Lanka’s Mahiyanganaya Amid Cyclone Ditwah
"Operation Sagar Bandhu continues healing on the ground. A fully operational field hospital is being set up by the Indian medical team in Mahiyanganaya near Kandy, bringing trauma care, surgical capability, ambulances and critical services directly to a hard-hit community. Ensuring those impacted have access to urgent, life-saving medical support," the High Commission posted. Operation Sagar Bandhu: India Sets Up Fully Operational Field Hospital…
OP Sagar Bandhu: India sets up fully operational field hospital in Sri Lankas Mahiyanganaya amid Cyclone Ditwah - The Tribune
India's ongoing humanitarian assistance initiative, Operation Sagar Bandhu, has taken a major step forward as an Indian medical team establishes a fully operational field hospital in Sri Lanka's Mahiyanganaya, near Kandy, to support communities affected on the ground, as the island nation deals with one of the most devastating tropical storms, Cyclone Ditwah.
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The Economic TimesOperation Sagar Bandhu: India provides assistance to restore road connectivity in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
Operation Sagar Bandhu: Following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, India has mobilized resources to aid Sri Lanka through Operation Sagar Bandhu. Indian Air Force aircraft are delivering essential bridge units and dispatching teams of engineers and healthcare professionals to the hardest-hit regions. While engineers tackle the urgent task of repairing roads, helicopters are actively conducting rescue operations.
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