INS Trikand arrives with relief material

This comes as part of the ‘Operation Samudra Setu-II’ initiated by the Indian Navy to augment the supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen and associated medical equipment in the country from friendly foreign nations in the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia. All the three naval commands viz., Vishakhapatnam, Kochi, and Mumbai have been deployed to bring relief material from overseas.

In a message given to naval personnel during the ongoing operations, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said the force needs to contribute in its ‘full might’ to alleviate the pandemic situation. “No one knows when the pandemic will end. But I can say, with utmost confidence that our courage, our determination, will never end. We will collectively rise as ‘Team Navy’ in this adversity, and do our best for the nation, for the navy, and our communities,” the Admiral said.

According to the ministry of defence, INS Talwar and INS Kolkata were the first two ships that were directed for the task to Bahrain and Kuwait respectively. INS Talwar brought its first batch delivering 27 tons liquid oxygen tanks to New Mangalore port, while INS Kolkata ferried 400 oxygen bottles and two 30 MT LMO containers on May 10.