As Kashmir Valley remains under floodwater, Air India has decided to ferry free of cost tourists trapped in Srinagar while Gujarat and Bihar governments are sending 75,000 food and dry food packets for affected people.
Air India’s gesture was announced after a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, on Tuesday. A Home Ministry statement said the supply of food and water is being enhanced with the dispatch of 1,25,000 packets of biscuits, 1,00,000 litres of water, 150 tonnes of ready-to- eat (RTE) food from Hyderabad.
“35,000 RTE food packets being sent by DRDO, Govern-ment of Gujarat has organised 50,000 packets of food and Bihar Government 25,000 packets of dry food,” it said.