NDRF completes search, rescue operations in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Dec 5: India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams left for home on Friday after successfully completing search, rescue and relief operations in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, according to the Indian mission here.

The island nation has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse following Cyclone Ditwah, which has left over 450 people dead till Friday.

It also left several districts isolated and severely strained the country’s disaster-response capacity.