India Sends Supplies to Help Beirut
A massive destructive explosion caused by ammonium nitrate in Lebanon's Capital city of Beirut, India supplied 58000 Kg of supplies as an act of humanitarian support.
A massive destructive explosion caused by ammonium nitrate happened last month in Lebanon's Capital city of Beirut. The explosion led to food and medicine shortages. Hence India planned and offered supplies. On Friday 14th August India delivered 58 metric ton (58000 Kg) of emergency humanitarian aid including medical and food supplies to Lebanon. The supplies include wheat flour, sugar, pulses, and other materials like blankets and sleeping mats. For the spike in Covid – 19 cases in Lebanon, India has also dispatched Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), including surgical gloves and surgical gowns. The consignment will reach Beirut soon. Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that we had offered our assistance to Lebanon and sought from them their requirement.
He said, “Based on this, on 15th August an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft was deployed to deliver 58 MT (58000 Kg) of emergency humanitarian aid by the Government of India to Lebanon. The aid was handed over by our Ambassador to senior officials of the Lebanese Armed Forces. The aid contains emergency medical supplies, wheat flour, sugar and pulses, and also material like blankets, dignity kits and sleeping mats which are required as a large number of people have become homeless.”
