Operation Sanjeevani

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• An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J transport aircraft o delivered 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines and hospital consumables to the Maldives under Operation Sanjeevani.

About:

• These medicines and consumables were procured from eight suppliers in India but couldn’t be transported through any other means due to the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.

• At the request of the government of Maldives, the IAF aircraft activated Operation Sanjeevani and lifted these medicines from airports in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Madurai before flying to the Maldives.

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