Chennai: INS Taber of the Indian Navy left Chennai port on Tuesday evening laden with relief material worth Rs 1 crore for victims of Saturday's earthquake in Indonesia.
In keeping with the commitment made by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who had announced an aid of Rs 9.2 crore approximately to Indonesia, relief material and medical assistance worth Rs 6 crore has already been dispatched through aircraft and INS Rajput.
The ship will reach Port Blair on Wednesday afternoon on way to Indonesia.
In the meantime, reports from Jakarta say that emergency aid has reached survivors of the May 27 earthquake, even as many people spent a third night out without shelter.
Donations from around the world are being unloaded into warehouses, and the emphasis is on getting them to remote villages with supplies of tents.
The death toll in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which struck near the city of Yogyakarta, has reached at least 5,427.
More than 20,000 people were injured in the quake and 200,000 left homeless.
The Yogyakarta Airport has been reopened to commercial airliners.
The United Nations (UN) has set up its co-ordination centre close to the airport to regulate the flow of relief goods.
A 40-member medical team from China has arrived by plane north of Yogyakarta province with five tonnes of medical supplies.
The UN's World Food Programme is hoping to fly in 40 tonnes of supplies on Tuesday, which includes tents, blankets, water treatment units and generators.
The Indonesian government has promised an initial 12kg of rice per family, 200,000 rupiah (21 dollars) for each survivor to cover clothing and household goods, and compensation for damaged houses.
Some 22 countries have given or promised aid to Indonesia.
Japan, UK and Saudi Arabia are among countries each offering several million dollars worth of aid. Other countries have sent rescue and medical teams to help treat the injured.
(With inputs from agencies)
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