Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay handed over a consignment of humanitarian assistance worth more than SLR 2 billion from the people of India to Foreign Minister Prof. G.L Peiris in Colombo yesterday.

The consignment consists of 9,000 MT of rice, 50 MT of milk powder and more than 25 MT of drugs and other medical supplies.

The consignment was flagged off from Chennai port by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin,

on May 18.This is also the first consignment under a larger USD 16 million commitment of 40,000 MT of rice, 500 MT of milk powder and medicines by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

The materials shall be distributed among vulnerable and needy sections in various parts of Sri Lanka including Northern, East...