Indian aid reaches Beirut

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14

In response to the massive explosion in Beirut on August 4, India has dispatched an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft carrying 58 tonnes of emergency humanitarian aid that landed in Beirut earlier in the day.

The relief material was handed over to the Lebanese Armed Forces by the Indian Ambassador in Lebanon, Suhel Ajaz Khan.

The aid contains emergency medical supplies, wheat flour, sugar, pulses and also relief materials like blankets, dignity kits and sleeping mats, which are required as a large number of people have been rendered homeless. In light of the spike in the Covid cases in Lebanon, the government has also separately sent PPE, including surgical gloves and surgical gowns. The consignment is expected to reach Beirut in the coming days.

58-tonne material

The 58-tonne emergency aid that was sent to Beirut contains medical supplies, wheat flour, sugar, pulses, blankets, dignity kits and sleeping mats.