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New Delhi, The Chairman, Chiefs of Staff
Committee (COSC) and Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup
Raha visited the flood affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir, today and carried
out aerial recce of both north and south Kashmir.The Air Chief Marshal took stock of the relief and rescue
operations being carried out by the Armed Forces. He was extremely
satisfied with the team work and joint operations being carried out by
Army, Navy, Air Force and NDRF and trying their best to restore
conditions back to normalcy.
During his visit, the Air Chief was received by Air
Commodore B Balachandran, Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Air Force Station,
Srinagar. The majority of relief operations have been launched and
carried out from Air Force Station Srinagar. He then met Lieutenant
General Subrata Saha, Commander 15 Corps at Badami Bagh Cantt. He
also called on Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Omar Abdullah at Hari Niwas
and Hon’ble Governor Shri NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan.
The Air Chief Marshal was extremely happy with all the Air
Force stations that pitched in all effort day and night to rescue and
provide relief to flood victims. The Air Chief said “that the operations
will continue till the time there is a requirement and we are here to help the
people, Nation and Government in rescue and relief in time of need.” He
interacted with the station personnel of Srinagar and Awantipur and said that
every air warrior “had done their bit including the support
services”. It was one of the biggest and challenging helicopter and
transport operation carried out in the past one week in one of the most
challenging circumstances of difficult terrain, inclement weather, flying
at a varying altitude and unprecedented bird activity. He said that
an outstanding effort was put in by all personnel of Indian Air Force (IAF)
carrying out day and night operations to offload and disperse
relief material.
The Air Chief also visited the No. 3 Rapid Air Medical Team
(RAMT) and found it well established and equipped Mobile Critical Care
Centre for flood victims. He interacted with the Commandos who were
involved in these operations and had rescued a number of people.
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