New Delhi: India today (Dec 29, 2003) decided to rush three plane-loads of relief supplies including blankets, tents and medicines for the people in and around Bam in Iran hit by a devastating earthquake that left over 25,000 dead.

The relief assistance to be sent from tomorrow will include 10,000 blankets, 1,000 tents, a full complement of doctors to set up a 75-bed mobile hospital along with an operation theatre and medical supplies for four weeks, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said.

Separately, 600 tonnes of high-protein biscuits which have reached Bandar Abbas will, for the present, be dispatched to Bam, to meet the emergency requirements, he said.