First commercial flight lands at INS Garuda stationed at Kochi Naval Air Station after the International Airport in Kochi got affected due to the devastating floods in Kerala.
Meanwhile, the Western Naval Command sailed Indian Naval Ship Mysore with relief material to provide assistance to the flood-hit state.
On the night of August 19, the ship carried about 70 tonnes of relief material which includes bottled water, ready to eat meals, fresh ration, milk, biscuits and other miscellaneous things like medicines, essential toiletries, phenyl, gash bags, bleaching powder, and candles.
The relief material also included items received from some NGOs situated in Mumbai.
The ship also carried one Chetak helicopter for augmenting air effort of the Southern Naval Command.
A second ship, INS Mumbai is also being prepared with relief material and would depart for Kochi by the morning of August 20.
The Western Naval Command's Karwar Naval Base has also sent approximately 15 tonnes of fresh rations on Indian Naval Ship Sharda on August 19.
Earlier on August 17, INS Deepak had sailed from Mumbai for Kochi with divers, Geminis, raincoats, gumboots, bottled water, fresh rations and ready to eat meals.
The ship entered Kochi on Sunday and handed over relief stores. Over the next few days, the ship will stock up more fresh water and relief material from Karwar for a second round of replenishment at Kochi. -- ANI