DRDO Extends Helping Hand in Relief Operations in J&K

A DRDO team equipped with medicines & other medical aid and ready-to-eat packaged foods is already operating in Srinagar, J&K. The team has been actively involved in mission mode from September 09, 2014 to provide relief to the flood affected people in Srinagar. The doctors and other medical personnel in the team have been actively providing medical assistance to the local people. About 9 tonnes of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) packaged foods appealing to the local tastes was prepared and packaged at Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) Mysore, a premier DRDO laboratory specializing in RTE food technologies for the armed forces, especially for remote areas. The food packets taken to Srinagar, with the support of Indian Air Force, have been distributed to affected people. Further quantities of food are being dispatched. The food includes hygienically packed, long shelf life RTE food that includes Chapattis, Vegetable Pulav, Tomato rice, Lemon rice, Zeera rice, Bengal gram, Dal fry, Khichry, Suzi halwa etc.