Floods: Army, Navy intensify rescue efforts

FLOOD-LD ARMY


New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Armed forces of India on
Saturday intensified search and rescue operations using 13
helicopters and over 100 boats in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
in south India, reeling under one of the heaviest floods of
last century.

IAF has deployed 13 helicopters, including five Mi-8s
and eight Chetaks, in the two southern states and already
carried out 17 sorties, Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu
Kar said.

While, four AN-32 aircraft have carried out 13 sorties
airlifting men and material provided by the National Disaster
Management Authority from Pune to the affected areas, another
AN-32 sortie transported relief material for the affected
people in Kurnool.

Around 350 men and 50 boats are being sent to the
affected districts in an IAF IL-76 from Bhuwaneshwar and
another 100 men and 30 boats are being airlifted to Hyderabad
from Pune, he said.

Besides, seventy personnel and 30 boats will be
airlifted from Bhatinda and Delhi to the affected areas as per
decisions of the NDMA, Kar said.

However, a large number of Jawans and boats have been
held up in Bengaluru due to heavy rains. The Navy in Karwar
and Goa have been providing relief operations in the affected
areas along the West Coast of Karnataka, he said.

Meanwhile, army has deployed around 900 men along with
boats, medical teams and an engineer task force. They along
with 12 diving teams from the Navy are carrying out relief
operations and rescued around 130 people till Saturday
afternoon. PTI AJD
SDE


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