The consignment of 18 tons sent under a directive of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa included dry rations, tea, medicines, and 250 large sized cabin tents. The consignment was flown in a Sri Lankan Air Force C-130 aircraft.
On behalf of the Sri Lankan government the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody, handed over the consignment at the Chaklala air base in Islamabad yesterday to Naimat-Ullah, Additional Secretary and Coordinator for the flood relief operations of the Pakistan Prime Minister's Secretariat, the Government Information Department said.
Sri Lanka sent the first 18-ton consignment of flood relief to Islamabad on August 8th.
Sri Lanka has also sent a 16-member medical team comprising 7 doctors, 6 nurses, 2 pharmacists, and one team assistant with medicines and surgical equipment. The team arrived in Pakistan on August 18th and presently has set up the medical camp for the flood victims in Nowshera area, close to the Afghanistan border.
The flood relief contribution to Pakistan was coordinated by the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka in association with the Ministries of Cooperatives and Internal Trade, Health, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Tea Board.
Pakistan has immensely supported Sri Lanka in its war against the Tamil Tiger terrorists by supplying arms and military training to Sri Lankan forces. Pakistani military personnel had assisted Sri Lanka in rebuilding the infrastructure destroyed by the devastating tsunami in 2004.
Over 1,600 people have died and 20 million have been affected by the floods in Pakistan and health officials warn of more deaths as diseases are spreading rapidly among the affected people.
No comments:
Post a Comment