INS Satpura (F-48) and INS Savitri (P-53) of the Indian Navy carrying rescue and relief materials and foodstuff to be provided as humanitarian aid for earthquake victims of Myanmar anchored at Thilawa Port of MITT in Yangon yesterday afternoon.

At the ceremony to hand over the rescue and relief equipment, the Indian Ambassador to Myanmar explained the purpose of provisions and handed them to Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein.

Indian naval vessels carried instant noodles, fortified nutritious biscuits, plastic buckets, plastic cups, personal hygiene materials, tents, tarpaulin sheets, clothes, sanitation equipment and medicines, weighing some 40 tonnes.

At the ceremony, Tatmadaw members from Tatmadaw (Navy), staff from Kyauktan Township General Administration Department and firefighters loaded the relief supplies on board the vehicles. These materials will be sent to the quake-hit areas under the supervision of the Yangon Region government.

Zwe Htet Ko (IPRD)/TTA

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