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Kerala floods: As forces stepped up rescue ops, IOC kept ATF supply going

At the Cochin Naval Base Airport, Indian Oil undertook 272 refuellings of rescue aircraft and choppers in a span of three days

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People are airlifted by the Indian Navy soldiers during a rescue operation at a flooded area in the southern state of Kerala | Photo: Reuters

Gireesh Babu Chennai
The floods that have devastated Kerala have also put Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) on the war-footing. The state-owned oil and gas company has stepped up its supply of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to the Thiruvananthapuram Airport multifold, from a normal rate of 180 kilolitres (KL) a day, in order to support the Army, defence aircraft and helicopters. 

From the evening of August 15, the Indian Oil Trivandrum aviation team has been refuelling and handling diverted civil flights, rescue helicopters of the Indian Air Force, defence aircraft and choppers. Refuelling has been happening on a war-footing and fuel requirements have increased

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