Overview
- Three landing craft units — LCU 54, LCU 51 and LCU 57 — arrived in Colombo on December 7 and handed over relief supplies to Sri Lankan authorities.
- INS Gharial is scheduled to reach Trincomalee on December 8 to continue deliveries and support operations.
- The latest deployment carries roughly 1,000 tons of humanitarian stores for communities hit by Cyclone Ditwah.
- Earlier missions by INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri and INS Sukanya provided relief assistance along with helicopter-borne search-and-rescue.
- The Indian Army reports a field hospital has treated over 1,250 people and installed three Bailey bridges to restore connectivity, while the Air Force airlifted supplies and personnel using C-130, IL-76 and MI-17V5 assets.