India Sends Bailey Bridge, Water Units to Cyclone-Hit Sri Lanka, Shares Digital Disaster Toolkit

By A Staff Reporter

New Delhi: India has stepped up emergency support to cyclone-ravaged Sri Lanka, dispatching critical infrastructure and humanitarian supplies to help the island nation recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. The assistance includes a prefabricated Bailey bridge and hundreds of water-purification units aimed at reconnecting isolated communities and restoring essential services.

Sri Lanka continues to struggle with widespread flooding, landslides and large-scale infrastructure collapse triggered by the extreme weather event. The disaster has left several districts cut off, severely overwhelming local response systems. According to officials, at least 479 people have died and around 350 remain missing as of Wednesday evening, marking one of the worst natural calamities to hit the country in recent years.

An Indian Air Force aircraft on Wednesday flew in a prefabricated Bailey bridge that will be deployed to reconnect communities where critical road links have been washed away. Alongside the bridge components, India also supplied 500 water-purification units to help address the acute shortage of safe drinking water in affected areas.

In addition, India has shared a digital disaster-response toolkit to help Sri Lankan authorities better coordinate relief operations, map damage, and streamline communication between agencies.