Army inducts more supplies for relief operations in J-K

The Indian Army has pressed into service more than one lakh troops equipped with 170 boats to evacuate the marooned residents of Kashmir Valley.

Around 40 to 50 additional boats have been flown in today from areas as far as Rajasthan and Punjab. About ten medical teams have also arrived at Srinagar from Chandigarh today and more are expected to reach shortly.

The Indian Army has inducted more than a ton and a half of food, including cooked food and ready to eat food packages as well as about 30 tons of bottled water daily with the assistance of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The Army Wives Welfare Organisation (AWWA) have also dispatched relief stores today.

The Army medical authorities have flown in from Kanpur two tons of medical stores capable of treating more than 7000 patients .

Additional pediatrics specialists have also arrived today and more than 100 infants and children have been treated at the Army Base Hospital.

The Army is executing the complete rescue operation in close synergy with the Indian Air Force and the NDRF teams.

This is the seventh day of the rescue operation and the Indian Army has employed more than 220 columns and evacuated more than 30,000 people to safer places.

The Army's relief operations are continuing in full swing with the troops working round the clock to evacuate the people under distress and also provide relief to the population in terms of water, food, relief material and medical assistance.