New Delhi: State-run Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited and private chopper firms have joined the multi-agency rescue and relief efforts in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, as Air India kept two aircraft on stand-by to carry passengers and relief materials whenever required.
"Air India has kept two aircraft ready to join the humanitarian efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, while Pawan Hans and private companies like Global Vectra and Himalayan Heli are working alongside the defence forces," Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju told reporters in New Delhi.
Air India CMD Rohit Nandan said two special planes have been kept ready to provide assistance in the relief efforts.
"Two planes are ready. We are ready to carry passengers or relief materials provided by the government or any NGO free of charge," Nandan said.
However, he said, "Our activity will begin only when people or materials are brought to the airport", including flood-hit Srinagar.
09/09/14 PTI/First Post.com
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"Air India has kept two aircraft ready to join the humanitarian efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, while Pawan Hans and private companies like Global Vectra and Himalayan Heli are working alongside the defence forces," Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju told reporters in New Delhi.
Air India CMD Rohit Nandan said two special planes have been kept ready to provide assistance in the relief efforts.
"Two planes are ready. We are ready to carry passengers or relief materials provided by the government or any NGO free of charge," Nandan said.
However, he said, "Our activity will begin only when people or materials are brought to the airport", including flood-hit Srinagar.
09/09/14 PTI/First Post.com
