India on Saturday delivered 15 tonnes of relief materials to Myanmar under its ‘Operation Brahma’ that was launched after a powerful earthquake hit the neighbouring country as well as Thailand.
India sent the relief materials to the Myanmarese city of Yangon in a C130J military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The supplies included tents, sleeping bags, blankets, ready-to-eat meals, water purifiers, solar lamps, generator sets and essential medicines.
“The first aircraft carrying 15 tons of relief material took off at around 3 am from Hindon Air Force Base. It reached Yangon at around 8 am IST. Our ambassador was there to receive the relief material and thereafter, he handed it over to the Chief Minister of Yangon… Thereafter, two aircraft with search and rescue personnel and equipment, along with canines, were left. One of them has left and the other one is in the process of leaving…” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a press briefing on Saturday.
Two more Indian Air Force aircraft are being loaded with relief material for Myanmar. Planes will depart from AFS Hindon soon.
Earlier today, approximately 15 tonnes of relief material was sent to Myanmar on an IAF C-130 J aircraft from AFS Hindon.
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— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2025
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday. The quake’s epicenter was located at 96.07°E, 21.93°N, near the Sagaing region in central Myanmar. A second quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, shook the area 12 minutes later. The tremors were so intense that they reached Bangkok, where residents felt strong shaking.
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In a social media post, Jaishankar also said that an 80-member strong search and rescue team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) departed for Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw. They will assist the rescue operations in Myanmar, he added. India has deployed NDRF abroad on two previous occasions — during the 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 2023 Turkiye quake.
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#WATCH | Search and rescue works are underway in front of JJ Mall Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, where an under-construction building collapsed after an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale hit 16 km NNW of Sagaing of Myanmar yesterday pic.twitter.com/fqdYdVkDb9
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The US Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ centre for geosciences said that depth of earthquakes that jolted Myanmar on Friday was shallow 10 kilometres, according to preliminary reports. Shallower earthquakes tend to cause more damage.
