Allahabad: Flood victims have been receiving help through the air too, courtesy the Indian Air Force. One Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) has been pressed into service by IAF Bareilly and is operating from the Bamrauli Air Force Station to carry out flood relief operations.
The operations are being carried out in coordination with Head Quarters Central Air Command (CAC) and district magistrate Sanjay Kumar.
The ALH carried out aerial dropping of food packets to marooned people towards the south of Bamrauli airfield.
A total of four sorties have been carried out in the past two days during which 1,400 kgs of relief material was air-dropped.
The ALH has been carrying 100 food packets each weighing approximately 3-4 kgs in every sortie.
25/08/16 Times of India
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The operations are being carried out in coordination with Head Quarters Central Air Command (CAC) and district magistrate Sanjay Kumar.
The ALH carried out aerial dropping of food packets to marooned people towards the south of Bamrauli airfield.
A total of four sorties have been carried out in the past two days during which 1,400 kgs of relief material was air-dropped.
The ALH has been carrying 100 food packets each weighing approximately 3-4 kgs in every sortie.
25/08/16 Times of India
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