Operation Rahat

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Operation Rahat was a major Indian humanitarian airlift conducted by the Indian Air Force to rescue and evacuate people stranded during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air evacuation operation
disaster relief operation
humanitarian operation
aim evacuate flood victims
provide humanitarian assistance
rescue stranded people
appliesToJurisdiction Indian citizens
foreign tourists
basedOn emergency response to natural disaster
cause flash floods in Uttarakhand in 2013
heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand in 2013
conductedBy Indian Air Force
conflict 2013 North India floods
coordinatedBy Government of India
country India
followedBy subsequent Indian disaster relief operations in later years
hasEffect delivery of essential supplies to remote flood-affected areas
evacuation of thousands of stranded pilgrims and tourists
hasNameInLanguage Rahat
hasPart airlift operations
medical evacuation
relief material transport
search and rescue operations
implementedBy Ministry of Defence (India)
Ministry of Home Affairs, India
surface form: Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
languageOfName English
location Uttarakhand
northern India
meaningOfName relief
nameLanguage Hindi
natureOfOperation non-combat
notableFor large-scale helicopter evacuation in mountainous terrain
operatedBy Indian Air Force helicopters
Indian Air Force transport aircraft
participant Indian Army
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
National Disaster Response Force
local administration of Uttarakhand
partOf Indian disaster relief efforts in Uttarakhand 2013
reason 2013 Uttarakhand floods
sector disaster management
humanitarian aid
startTime June 2013
temporalContext June 2013 Uttarakhand disaster
usedEquipment HAL Dhruv
surface form: ALH Dhruv helicopters

Antonov An-32
surface form: AN-32 transport aircraft

Lockheed C-130 Hercules
surface form: C-130J transport aircraft

Mi-17
surface form: Mi-17 helicopters

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Indian Air Force peacetimeOperation Operation Rahat