In a bid to support the country's fight against COVID-19, India has gifted two mobile medical oxygen plants to Bangladesh.  The Indian Navy Ship Savitri carrying two plants arrived at Chattogram harbour in Bangladesh on Thursday. September 2.

Commenting on development, Indian High Commission in Bangladesh tweeted, which reads as follows: "Working together as close partners INS Savitri arrived at Chattogram harbour on 02 Sep 2021 and was ceremonially received by Bangladesh authorities. Ship carries 2 Mobile Oxygen Plants as a gift from people of India to people of Bangladesh to support the fight against COVID19."   INS Savitri left Visakhapatnam on Monday with two 960 LPM Medical Oxygen Plants (MOP), one each for Bangladesh Navy and Dhaka Medical College, and will reach Chittagong on September 2.

Notably, as part of the Government of India's vision of “Security and Growth for All in the Region”, the Indian Navy has been proactively engaging with countries in the region and has been at the forefront of numerous humanitarian missions spanning the entire extent of the Indian Ocean including South/ South East Asia and East Africa.

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