Udhampur,In a swift response to the ‘National
Crisis’ faced by the Maldives, following the shutting down the desalination
plants in a fire incident in capital in Male’, the Indian Air Force has pressed
fixed wing aircraft into service to meet the immediate requirement of the
people in Male’.
Five aircraft including Two C-17
Globemaster-III and Three IL-76 with 153 tones on 05 September 2014 and Three aircraft including Two
C-17 and one IL-76 with 130 tones on 06 September 2014 were pressed into
service. One C-17 aircraft
with 40 tones leaves for male in the morning and another aircraft with 40 tones
approx is scheduled in the evening.
Maldives,
an island nation in the Indian Ocean, has no natural water source and consumes
only treated sea water.
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