RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATION BY INDIAN COAST GUARD

RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATION BY INDIAN COAST GUARD

CONTINUES TAMIL NADU – 03 DEC 15

CHENNAI 03 DEC 15: INDIAN COAST GUARD RESCUE AND RELIEF TEAMS

CONTINUING RESCUE OPERATIONS IN COORDINATION WITH STATE/CENTRAL

AGENCIES AND RESCUED MORE THAN OVER 300 MAROONED PEOPLE

INCLUDING CHILDREN AND LADIES FROM FLOODED AREA TO SAFER PLACES

SINCE LAST NIGHT. MORE THAN 1400 FOOD PACKETS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN

SAIDAPET AND ABOUT 200 FOOD PACKETS AT WAR MEMORIAL BY INDIAN

COAST GUARD. INDIAN COAST GUARD ALSO PROVIDED FIRST AID TO 250

NEEDY STRANDED PEOPLE NEAR SAIDAPET.

THE INDIAN COAST GUARD ALSO CONTINUED TO ASSIST RESCUE AND

RELIEF WITH SIX TEAMS COMPRISING OF 57 MEN (LIFE GUARDS AND DIVERS)

LEAD BY SIX OFFICERS ALONG WITH GEMINI AT VARIOUS INUNDATED AREAS. A

JOINT TEAM OF COAST GUARD AND POLICE PERSONNEL HAS BEEN FORMED

TO AUGMENT THE RELIEF OPERATION.

AS THE CHENNAI AIRPORT SHUT DOWN ALL THE AIR OPERATIONS ARE

PLANNED FROM ADJACENT AIRFIELDS LIKE AFS TAMBARAM, INS RAJALI AND

KATTUPALLI HELIPAD. ONE CHETAK HELICOPTER IS OPERATING FROM AFS

TAMBARAM AND TWO CHETAK HELICOPTER AND ONE DHRUV (ADVANCED

LIGHT HELICOPTER) WILL JOIN THE OPERATIONS BY AM 04 DEC 15.

COAST GUARD SHIPS SAMUDRA PAHREDAR AND VIGRAHA ARE BEING

SAILED FROM VISAKHAPATNAM WITH SUPPLIES AND DRINKING WATER AND

ARE LIKELY TO REACH CHENNAI BY PM 04 DEC 15