India has donated about 25 tons of goods including food items and medicines to the cyclone Mocha affectedMyanmar.

Three Indian Navy warships have arrived at Thilawa port of Yangon in the afternoon hours of 18 May. Responsible military council officials havereceived the donated goods.

"The donated items including food and medicine should weigh about 25 tons. The donated items were acceptedaccordingly at Thilawa," said a representativefrom the Yangon regional government office.

The donated items include ready-to-eat noodles, nutritious biscuits, fish tents,  tarpaulins, blankets,flashlights, solar lamps, patient trolleys,portable generators, water pumps, wood cutting saws, cleaning materials and medicines.

"The government revealed that it has received donations from international organizations. We arewaiting for relief. Everyone is sufferingin affected areas. The initiative should be taken urgently,” said a resident of Sittwe, the capitalof Rakhine State.

The donated items from India have been transported to Mingalardom air force base from Thilawa port and thenthose will be sent to Sittwe by militaryplanes.

Various local charity groups and international organizations have also been working to support the cycloneaffected people of western Myanmar region.