This Article is From Nov 12, 2013

India to send 15 tonnes of relief material to Philippines

India to send 15 tonnes of relief material to Philippines

Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines on November 9, 2013.

New Delhi: India will send 15 tonnes of relief material to the Philippines, where nearly 10,000 people have died after super typhoon Haiyan ravaged the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Tuesday.

A plane carrying the relief material which includes, tarpaulin sheets, tents, cooked food, biscuits, medicines and milk powder will be leaving for the Philippines on Tuesday night, Mr Khurshid told reporters in Delhi.

A ship would also be sent later with water treatment equipment, he said.

Super typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last week. An estimated 10,000 people in the central Philippine province of Leyte might have died.
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