INS Satpura (F-48) and INS Savitri (P-53) of the Indian Navy carrying rescue and re­lief materials and foodstuffs to be provided as humanitarian aid for earthquake victims of Myanmar anchored at Thilawa Port of MITT in Yangon yester­day afternoon.

At the ceremony to hand over the rescue and relief equipment, the Indian Ambas­sador to Myanmar explained the purpose of provisions and handed them to Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein.

Indian naval vessels car­ried instant noodles, fortified nutritious biscuits, plastic buckets, plastic cups, personal hygiene materials, tents, tar­paulin sheets, clothes, sanita­tion equipment and medicines, weighing some 40 tonnes.

At the ceremony, Tatmad­aw members from Tatmadaw (Navy), staff from Kyauktan Township General Administra­tion Department and firefight­ers loaded the relief supplies on board the vehicles. These materials will be sent to the quake-hit areas under the su­pervision of the Yangon Region government. — Zwe Htet Ko (IPRD)/TTA