India sends equipment to help Mauritius deal with oil spill
India on Sunday sent more than 30 tonnes of material, including technical equipment, on board an IAF aircraft to Mauritius to supplement the country’s ongoing oil spill containment and salvage operations, the government said on Sunday.
Over the last 10 days, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla coordinated the operations in sync with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat to help out Mauritius.
The specialised equipment — consisting of ocean booms, river booms, disc skimmers, heli skimmers, power packs, blowers, salvage barge and oil absorbent graphene pads and other accessories — is specifically designed to contain the oil slick, skim oil from water and assist in clean-up and salvage operations, a government statement said.
