GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo handles largest import shipment of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines
The Hindu
Sputnik V vaccine requires specialised handling and storage, requiring to be kept at a temperature of -20°C
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) handled a major import shipment of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 3.43 a.m. on June 1. While GHAC had already handled several import shipments of vaccine prior to this, Tuesday’s shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment of COVID-19 vaccines handled in India till date. This shipment completed all processes and was dispatched in less than 90 minutes, said an official spokesman in a press release. Sputnik V vaccine requires specialised handling and storage, requiring to be kept at a temperature of -20°C. GHAC has been working closely with the experts from the customer’s supply chain team, officials from customs department and other relevant stakeholders over an extended period of time to ensure that the necessary infrastructure and handling processes are fully in place at the Air Cargo Terminal for smooth handling of the vaccine shipments.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.