New Delhi : Around midnight a request was received at HQ Western Air Command for containing
The heptr filled water from Yamuna reservoir and dropped over the site. This had to be repeated thrice to contain the fire. This was the first time the Bambi ops was done in an urban situation wherein the nitty gritties of drop are very precise owing to high rises around and chances of collateral damage. The operations started this morning wherein helicopter flown by Wing Commander Pradeep Bhola of theĀ Mighty Armourswas successful in dousing the fire.
A total of approx 8000 lts of water was dropped in this incident.