The Indian Air Force (IAF) said that it mobilised its C-130J aircraft on Thursday to airlift 6.2 tonnes of essential medical supplies for Male in the Maldives as this consignment could not be transported through usual channels due to the 21-day lockdown imposed in India for curbing the coronavirus pandemic.
"IAF airlifted critical medical supplies to Male 'Operation Sanjeevani'. Maldives has faced a shortage of essential medical supplies - after COVID-19 lockdown," it said on Twitter
The High Commission of India in the Maldives, in a press statement, said, "6.2 tonnes of essential medicines and hospital consumables were airlifted by an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J aircraft from India to Male through Operation Sanjeevani."