Overview
- Indian Army engineers, working with Sri Lanka’s authorities, are de‑launching the damaged Puliyampokkanai bridge in Jaffna with completion targeted by December 10 and the first Bailey bridge slated for launch on Saturday.
- Joint teams have begun removing a damaged span on the A35 at Kilinochchi to reopen the Paranthan–Karachchi–Mullaitivu corridor.
- At Chilaw, pier construction is due to start within 48 hours, one full Bailey set is already on site, and a fourth set is scheduled to depart Pathankot on December 9.
- India says its field hospital in Mahiyanganaya has treated 3,338 patients to date, including 1,128 on December 8, with 73 minor procedures and four surgeries that day.
- Sri Lanka’s official death toll stands at 627 with 190 missing, and India has sent roughly 1,000 tonnes of relief by sea as three LCUs reached Colombo on December 7 and INS Gharial proceeded to Trincomalee on December 8.