India on Wednesday received 54 tonnes of oxygen from
Bahrain as part of Operation Samudra Setu-II launched by Indian Navy to
transport oxygen and associated medical supplies from friendly foreign
nations.
The INS Talwar docked this afternoon at the New Mangaluru
port with 54 tonnes of oxygen, a Defence officialsaid in a
statement.
As part of the ongoing national effort to fight the Covid
19 pandemic, the Navy had launched Operation Samudra Setu II to bring in
by sea the much-needed oxygen and associated medical supplies from
friendly foreign countries.
'As many as nine warships have been
diverted to various ports in the region extending from Kuwait in the West
to Singapore in the East,' Vice Admiral M S Pawar, Deputy Chiefof Naval
Staff, on the was quoted as saying in the statement.
Additionally,
INS Airavat from Singapore and INS Kolkata from Kuwait are heading back
home with Liquid Oxygen, Oxygen filled cylinders, cryogenic tanks and
other medical equipment, the statement read.
According to the defence
official, three more warships are scheduled to pick up more supplies
from Kuwait and Doha.
The LPD INS Jalashwa mission deployed in South
East Asiais ready to be diverted to ports in the region as the situation
demands, it added.
"Just as last year Indian Navy had launched
Operation Samudra Setu to repatriate our distressed citizens from
IOR countries, let me assure the countrymen that the Navy will continue
with its efforts to bring relief and together, we will overcome this
challenge," the Vice Admiral said. -- PTI