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India plans to send more medical supplies to cyclone-hit Myanmar
May 9, 2008: (The Times of India) India on Thursday said that more relief in the form of medical supplies is being considered for cyclone-hit Myanmar.
The MEA said that the damage caused by the
cyclone was much more extensive than feared earlier and that the external
affairs minister has conveyed to his counterpart in Myanmar India's readiness
to offer help.
An IL-76 aircraft carrying tents, medicine and roofing material reached Yangon on Thursday. Another IL-76 aircraft will be leaving
Delhi on Saturday for Yangon.
"In the wake of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar
where more than 20,000 persons are reported dead and 40,000 missing, two Indian
Navy ships - INS Rana and INS Kirpan - carrying immediate relief and medical
supplies reached Yangon on Wednesday.
The Myanmar minister for
social welfare, relief and resettlement, Maj Gen Maung Maung Swe, received the
relief supplies and thanked India
for the prompt and spontaneous response," the MEA spokesperson said.
Two AN-32 aircraft carrying tents and medicine had been sent to Yangon earlier. Myanmar was hit by the deadly
cyclone, Nargis, on May 3. Initial reports suggested that only 300 people died
but the death toll shot up drastically after reports about the devastation
started trickling in.