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First bridge shipment of Bailey bridge components was handed over to Nepal’s Road Division in Hetauda.
The bridge is described as a seventy-metre Bailey bridge intended for the flood-affected Betrawati area.
Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava confirmed the handover.
The aid follows flash floods on August twenty-sixth that killed nearly one thousand four hundred people.
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India’s broader support cited in the reporting includes over one hundred thirty tonnes of relief material and fifty-four deployed personnel.
One report also says at least eight special Indian Air Force flights were used for rescue and forensic operations.