Operation Neer
Maldives Drinking Water Crisis
When a fire disabled the desalination plant supplying Malé, India began airlifting drinking water within hours of the Maldivian request, and followed with naval vessels carrying water and shipborne desalination capacity.
What India sent
4 recorded itemsEvery line below carries its own source. Items whose quantity was never published are listed anyway — that India sent them is a fact, even when the amount is not public.
Delivered — quantity not published
Bottled drinking water airlifted to Malé
Water moved in successive sorties; a confirmed total tonnage is pending.
Source
MEAREPOSITORY
Ministry of External Affairs — Press Releases ↗Technical details
Record src-mea-press · retrieved 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
IAF transport sorties
Source
Ministry of DefenceREPOSITORY
Ministry of Defence — Press Releases ↗Technical details
Record src-mod · retrieved 30 August 2026
2Ships
Indian Navy ships deployed
Source
Ministry of DefenceREPOSITORY
Ministry of Defence — Press Releases ↗Technical details
Record src-mod · retrieved 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Shipborne reverse-osmosis plants
Source
Ministry of DefenceREPOSITORY
Ministry of Defence — Press Releases ↗Technical details
Record src-mod · retrieved 30 August 2026
Monetary value not publicly disclosed.
The physical assistance is the recorded figure — this site does not convert goods into a rupee value of its own.
Background
Indian Air Force transport aircraft flew bottled water into Malé from southern India. Indian Navy ships were diverted to the Maldives carrying additional water and reverse-osmosis plants able to produce fresh water on station until the city's own plant was restored.
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