Date:30/12/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/30/stories/2003123003831100.htm

National

Three planeloads of relief material for Iran

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

NEW DELHI DEC. 29. India will send three planeloads of relief material beginning on Tuesday to help the earthquake-hit people in the Iranian city of Bam, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman, said this evening.

The relief package will include 10,000 blankets and 1,000 tents as well as a full complement of doctors to rig up a 75-bed mobile hospital. The hospital will have an operation theatre and medical supplies for four weeks.