A military plane landed at the Tulihal airport here on Monday morning with 700 cartons of life-saving drugs from Guwahati. Life-saving drugs and many essential items became scarce in Manipur following a 41-day economic blockade imposed by Naga tribal students on two major highways. Routine surgeries were suspended in government and private hospitals due to lack of medical gas.
Official sources said another plane was ready to airlift medical gas and other hospital materials.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Yumkham Erabot said there were no essential commodities and available petrol would last for only three days and diesel for five days.