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Indian Assistance with Five Flights Carrying 200 Tonnes of Drinking Water Provided To Maldives to Tide over the Water Crisis

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Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 06 2014 | 12:23 AM IST
The Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Shri Syed Akbaruddin told media persons in a media briefing in New Delhi today about Indian assistance being provided currently to Maldives. In Maldives there was a fire at the sole desalination plant last evening following which there is a major crisis in terms of availability of water in Male. India understands that this will take quite some time, about a week, to resolve the situation. Therefore, Maldivian government, last night contacted the Indian Government. The External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj did receive a call from her Maldivian counterpart late last night. She got clearances from the Prime Minister as well as other authorities in terms of ensuring that by this morning, at 07:30, the first Indian flight was air-borne to provide assistance to Maldives in terms of drinking water.

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First Published: Dec 05 2014 | 12:23 AM IST

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