A DRDO team equipped with medicines & other medical aid and ready-to-eat packaged foods is operating in Srinagar, J&K. The team has been actively involved in mission mode from September 09, 2014 to provide relief to the flood affected people in Srinagar.About 9 tonnes of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) packaged foods appealing to the local tastes was prepared and packaged at Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) Mysore, a premier DRDO laboratory specializing in RTE food technologies for the armed forces, especially for remote areas. The food packets taken to Srinagar, with the support of Indian Air Force, have been distributed to the affected people. Further quantities of food are being dispatched. The food includes hygienically packed, long shelf life RTE food that includes Chapattis, Vegetable Pulav, Tomato rice, Lemon rice, Zeera Rice, Bengal gram, Dal fry, Khichry, Suji Halwa etc. A Mobile Satellite Services terminal SATCOM was airlifted to Srinagar and a link between a CRPF location near Srinagar Airport and MHA control room at New Delhi was made operational from September 10, 2014. To make the services available through mobile phones as well, a two-way direct-dialling facility using ground hub station set-up at DEAL, Dehradun was also made operational. The MSS SATCOM terminal earlier developed by DRDO is being manufactured by BEL, Panchkula and is being used by the Indian Armed Forces. Dr Avinash Chander, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri and Secretary - Deptt of Defence R&D, expressing DRDOs commitment to extending all possible technology support in mitigating sufferings of flood affected people of J&K, said DRDO technologies will always be available to the people of our country in the hour of need. The Indian Army has in the meanwhile, published lists of all names of the people rescued so far and these are available on the Army Facebook/website.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 14:44:34 +0000
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