An Indian ship carrying urgent relief supplies like rice, life-saving medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo on Sunday and the consignment was handed over to the government in the island nation.
Indian high commissioner Gopal Baglay handed over to Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris the consignment which consists of 9,000 metric tonne of rice, 50 MT of milk powder and more than 25 MT of drugs and other medical supplies.
"Sri Lanka today received Rs 2 billion worth humanitarian aid including milk powder, rice and medicines from India. Our sincere gratitude to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Hon. @mkstalin and the People of India for the support extended. I also appreciate the assistance given by the @IndiainSL and CWC Leader @S_Thondaman in Sri Lanka," Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe tweeted.
This is also the first consignment under a larger $16 million commitment of 40,000 MT of rice, 500 MT of milk powder and medicines by government of Tamil Nadu, an official release said. -- PTI