INS Airavat arrives with oxygen from Singapore

Visakhapatnam As part of the ongoing Operation 'Samudra Setu' II to support the nation's fight against Covid-19, INS Airavat arrived in Visakhapatnam on Monday with eight cryogenic oxygen tanks and other critical Covid medical stores. The stores contain 3,898 oxygen cylinders from Singapore. The ship departed Singapore on May 5 with oxygen tanks and cylinders were sourced through various agencies in coordination with the High Commission of India.

INS Airavat is part of nine ships that have been deployed for COVID relief Operation Samudra Setu II for shipment of Liquid Medical Oxygen and associated medical equipment from friendly foreign countries in the Persian Gulf and South East Asia.