Even as the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) prepares to despatch its first consignment of 10,000 meals to rain-ravaged Kerala and Kodagu on Sunday, the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) is planning to airdrop its ready-to-eat food packets in Wayanad of Kerala.
DFRL, which already dispatched its first consignment of three tonnes of food items on Friday evening, was in the process of sending its second consignment by an IAF aircraft from Mysuru airport on Saturday.
The aircraft, which was scheduled to arrive at Mysuru airport from Yelahanka airbase, was expected to pick up DFRL’s dal rice, upma and sooji halwa. “We are planning to airdrop the food packets over the worst-affected regions in Wayanad,” said a source in DFRL.
Meanwhile, CFTRI was also in the midst of preparing ready-to-eat food items, including upma, imli poha, and chapathis, which will be served with pickles and jam.
While 5,000 meals will be dispatched to Kodagu by trucks, the other 5,000 meals will be sent to Kerala either by road or flight. “We are in touch with the officials in the flood-hit region and working out the logistics for transportation and distribution,” said a source in CFTRI.
CFTRI will continue to send food items for the next two days before awaiting a feedback.
