India sends relief material for Sri Lanka's flood victims

Responding to a request from Sri Lankan government India is preparing to dispatch relief material for the flood-affected people in the country, Indian media reported.



Indian daily The Hindu quoting Defence Ministry officials in New Delhi said the Indian government will dispatch the first consignment on Friday (14).

India will sent 25 metric tons of relief material, including food, drinking water, water purifying tablets, sleeping mats, blankets, and bed sheets on an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, IL76 in two sorties.

Food items to be sent will include ready-to-eat meals, sugar, pulses, milk powder, baby milk formula, salt and other essential seasoning powders.

The first consignment will be shipped by Friday afternoon, the report said, adding that the

second shipment is scheduled to leave on January 17.

Sri Lankan government Tuesday appealed to the general public to donate relief items to over one million people affected by the floods, mostly in the North Central and Eastern provinces.