Mumbai, Maharashtra: Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is making all efforts to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities to the states.
On Friday, the IAF's C-17, C-130, IL-76, An-32 and Dornier aircraft dropped essential commodities at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Guwahati and Leh in the night.
Apart from this, the IAF flown over 140 sorties to ferry loads over 200 tonnes to locations across the country. The government on March 24 announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days to fight COVID-19.
All road, rail and air services will remain suspended during the lockdown. However, freight movement have been carrying essential commodities across the country.