As part of Operation Sagar Bandhu, the Indian Army is continuing its sustained humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. India has been delivering critical engineering support and high-quality medical care in close coordination with the Sri Lankan Army and the civil administration.

The Ministry of Defence informed that the Indian Army’s Engineer Task Force (ETF) has begun the retrieval and de-launching of the damaged Puliyampokkanai Bridge in Jaffna, using a wheeled excavator to support Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority (RDA). It added that the task is progressing swiftly and is expected to be completed by tomorrow, with the first Bailey bridge likely to be launched by the 13th of this month.