India rushes Bailey bridge, water units to Sri Lanka; shares digital disaster-response toolkit
Published on: Dec. 4, 2025, 1:47 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
COLOMBO, Dec 4: India has sent a Bailey bridge and hundreds of water-purification units to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country’s disaster-response capacity. At least 479 people have been killed and 350 are missing as of Wednesday evening […]
