ISLAMABAD: As part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission in Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Navy successfully rescued a family stranded for five days in flood Kotkawatta area of Sri Lanka.
Pakistan Navy’s HADR mission in Sri Lanka continued as PNS SAIF’s embarked Z-9 helicopter rescued a family stranded for five days in flooded Kotikawatta area, including a 7 month old infant. The operation reflects PN’s professionalism and commitment to global humanitarian duties pic.twitter.com/nGDQKCAq8l
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The operation carried out by a Z-9 helicopter embarked on PNS Saif, included the safe evacuation of a seven-month-old infant.
Officials highlighted that the mission demonstrates the Pakistan Navy’s professionalism and its continued commitment to global humanitarian efforts.
According to reports from Colombo, Pakistan Navy helicopters are providing relief supplies to the areas cut off by underwater and land routes.
Pakistan Navy helicopters delivered food, medicine and other relief supplies to the flood-hit people.
Pakistan Navy ship SAIF will continue relief operations in Sri Lanka in the coming days.
Even after the devastation caused by Cyclone Detva in Sri Lanka, bodies are still being found during rescue operations.
According to the World News Agency, Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center said that the death toll has increased to 123.
So far, 130 people are missing, and the search and rescue operations are underway.
The Kandy district has been the most affected by the storm, rain and floods, where 51 people have died and 67 are missing.
After this, the most destruction occurred in Badulla, where 35 people have died and 27 people are still missing.
Similarly, 9 people died in Kigali district, 8 in Matale, 6 in Nuwara Eliya and 5 in Ampara. There is a fear that the death toll will increase.
More than 373,000 people have been affected by the floods across the country. The victims have been shifted to relief camps.
Experts say that due to climate change, unseasonal and unpredictable rainfall, floods and snowfall have become natural disasters.
Meteorologists have warned that if revolutionary measures are not taken, those climatic changes on the planet will become the greatest threat to humanity.
It is pertinent to mention that in February 2024, the Pakistan Navy rescued a stranded Indian tug crew in the Arabian Sea.
