Men,Machines and Organizations are at Work to undo the sufferings! You are not alone ! The Indian Air Force (IAF) mounted IL-76 sorties and pressed into action two AN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRF teams and equipment from Bhatinda to Srinagar and Jammu Air Force Bases in the past 48 hours. The HQ Western Air Command has opened a disaster monitoring cell that is coordinating the efforts between all its bases including Srinagar, Udhampur, Jammu and Sarsawa apart from fixed wing effort from other bases The IL-76 airlifted 32 tonnes of load and 162 NDRF personnel to Srinagar, whereas two AN-32 carried 25 NDRF personnel and load of 4 Tonnes to AF Stn Jammu. The IAF has assigned aircrafts at its bases at Agra, Chandigarh, Suratgarh and Sarsawa apart from those in Jammu and Kashmir area for the relief operation. The Army has launched a major rescue operation and evacuated 11,000 people to safety by deploying 100 columns of troops in flood-hit areas of the state. Congress Urges PM Modi to Declare Jammu and Kashmir Floods a National Calamity Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the floods in Jammu and Kashmir a national calamity. https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10202804465418736&set=p.10202804465418736&type=1
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 04:42:17 +0000