Colombo, Dec 4 (PTI) India has sent additional movable modular bridge systems to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation.

Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country's disaster-response capacity.

At least 486 people have been killed and 341 are missing as of Thursday evening, due to catastrophic floods and landslides caused by extreme weather conditions since November 16.

A C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force flew in additional Bailey Bridge systems on Thursday, a day after the same was d

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