India sends 58-tonne aid to Lebanon

NEWDELHI:INDIA on Friday sent 58 tonnes of emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon in an air force plane to assist the people hit by explosions in Beirut on August 4.

The external affairs ministry said a separate consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) is being sent to Lebanon following a spike in Covid-19 cases. This will reach Beirut in the coming days, ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

“In response to the massive explosion in Beirut on August 4, we had offered our assistance to

Lebanon and sought from them an assessment of their requirement. Based on this, an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft was deployed to deliver 58 MT of emergency humanitarian aid on behalf of the government of India to Lebanon,” Srivastava said.