Relief material for flood victims of J&K being dispatched by ‘Vajra’ Corps.
Jalandhar, September 22, 2014: Vajra Corps dispatched 57 vehicles fully loaded with relief material, comprising of 17,200 blankets, 51,000 Mineral water bottles, 49,000 kg of dry ration and other material, collected from Army persons and civilians as relief aid for the Flood affected people for Jammu & Kashmir today.
32 military vehicles loaded with 115 tonnes of relief aid comprising of 12,000 blankets, 21,000 mineral water bottles, items ready to eat, 21000 kg dry rations, 1100 Track Suits and 500 cardigans sent to Jammu, Poonch, Akhnur and Riasi form Jalandhar by The Vajra Corps.
While 105 Tonnes of load in 25 military vehicles, comprising of 30,000 mineral water bottles, 5200 blankets, a large number of clothing items like shawls, cardigans, T-shirts for gents and children and 28,000 Kg dry rations, has been dispatched to Srinagar.
The entire contribution Collected from military persons and civilians of Jalandhar and from other stations of Vajra Corps i.e Ludhiana, Meerut, Ferozpur and Amritsar, has been sent for the flood victims of Jammu & Kashmir. Prior to this, 08 (eight) aircrafts which includes an IL-76 aircraft, carrying the relief aid have already been delivered at Srinagar, by the Vajra Corps. Engineer Task Force and the Medical Teams of the Vajra Corps are still deployed in the flood affected areas of Srinagar carrying out relief and restoration operations.
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