Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the people of Sri Lanka who have lost their loved ones due to the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. He prayed for the safety, comfort, and swift recovery of all affected families.

In a strong gesture of solidarity with India’s closest maritime neighbour, the Government of India has urgently dispatched relief materials and vital Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) support under Operation Sagar Bandhu. India stands ready to provide additional aid and assistance as the situation evolves.

Guided by the principles of India’s Neighbourhood First policy and Vision MAHASAGAR, Prime Minister Modi reaffirmed that India will continue to stand firmly with Sri Lanka in its hour of need.

Shri Modi in a post on X said:

“My heartfelt condolences to the people of Sri Lanka who have lost their loved ones due to Cyclone Ditwah. I pray for the safety, comfort and swift recovery of all affected families. 

In solidarity with our closest maritime neighbour, India has urgently dispatched relief materials and vital HADR support under Operation Sagar Bandhu. We stand ready to provide more aid and assistance as the situation evolves.

Guided by India’s Neighbourhood First policy and Vision MAHASAGAR, India continues to stand firmly with Sri Lanka in its hour of need.

@anuradisanayake”

“"டித்வா புயலில் தமது அன்புக்குரிய உறவுகளை இழந்த இலங்கை மக்களுக்கு எனது இதயபூர்வமான அனுதாபங்கள். பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குடும்பங்களின் பாதுகாப்பு, ஆறுதல் மற்றும் துரித மீட்சிக்காக நான் பிரார்த்திக்கின்றேன். கடல்மார்க்கமாக மிகவும் நெருங்கிய அயலுறவுடன் எமது கூட்டொருமைப்பாட்டினை காண்பிக்கும் முகமாக சாகர் பந்து நடவடிக்கையின் கீழ் முக்கிய HADR உதவி மற்றும் நிவாரணப் பொருட்களை இந்தியா உடனடி அவசர உதவியாக அனுப்பி வைத்துள்ளது. எவ்வாறான சூழலிலும் தேவையான மேலதிக ஆதரவு மற்றும் உதவிகளை வழங்க நாம் தயாராக உள்ளோம். இந்தியாவின் அயலுறவுக்கு முதலிடம் கொள்கை மற்றும் மஹாசாகர் தொலைநோக்கு ஆகியவற்றின் வழிகாட்டலுடன், உதவிகள் தேவைப்படும் எந்நேரத்திலும் இந்தியா இலங்கையுடன் தொடர்ந்து துணைநிற்கும். @anuradisanayake" “

“"දිට්වා සුළි කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් තම ආදරණීයයන් අහිමි වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනතාවට මාගේ හෘදයාංගම සංවේගය පළ කරමි. විපතට පත් සියලු පවුල්වල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය, සුව පහසුව සඳහා මෙන්ම ඔවුන් කඩිනමින් යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් වේවායි ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරමි. අපගේ සමීපතම සමුද්‍රීය අසල්වැසියා සමඟ රැඳී සිටිමින් ඉන්දියාව සාගර් බන්ධු මෙහෙයුම යටතේ වහාම සහනාධාර සහ අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය මානුෂීය සහය සහ ආපදා සහන ලබා දී ඇත. තත්ත්වය වර්ධනය වීම හමුවේ අපි තවත් උපකාර සහ සහය ලබා දීමට සූදානමින් සිටින්නෙමු. ඉන්දියාවේ අසල්වැසියා ප්‍රථමයෙන් යන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සහ මහාසාගර් දැක්ම අනුව ඉන්දියාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට උදව් අවැසි ⁣මෙම මොහොතේ තවදුරටත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ ශක්තිමත්ව රැඳී සිටියි. @anuradisanayake" “

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