Colombo, Nov. 29 -- An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft reached Sri Lanka with 80 personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), including four females and four sniffer dogs, along with disaster relief supplies and rescue equipment to aid ongoing operations.

The Sri Lanka Air Force announced the arrival on X, stating, "An IL-76 IAF aircraft arrived in Sri Lanka carrying 80 NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) personnel, including four females, four sniffer dogs, disaster relief supplies and rescue equipment to support ongoing relief operations."

The deployment followed the early-morning lift-off from India, where two NDRF teams totalling 80 rescuers and four canines departed from Hindon Air Base on the same aircraft. Led ...