As the country continues to reel under the Covid-19 mayhem, a new lot of medical supplies reached India from Kuwait on May 25 when INS Shardul ferried 1,200 Oxygen cylinders and 27 Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) cryogenic containers. INS Tarkash also reached Mumbai a day before with its second consignment, embarking 40 metric tonnes of LMO from Qatar; its first consignment arrived on May 12.

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.