Operation Samudra Setu II: Warship with oxygen supplies reaches Karnataka

Nine warships have been deployed in total to ferry medical oxygen

The Indian Navy has deployed ships from all three of its naval commands in Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Kochi, to ferry liquid medical oxygen and other Covid-related items from friendly foreign countries in the Persian Gulf and South-East Asia, a statement from the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The deployments are part of the defence ministry's efforts to alleviate the shortage of medical oxygen as India reels from an explosion in Covid cases. The efforts—labelled ‘Operation Samudra Setu II’—have led to the deployment of nine warships in total so far.

Earlier today on the Western Seaboard, Indian Naval Ship Talwar entered