Spain builds helipads in Aceh

Spain builds helipads in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: A team of Spanish
military engineers have just completed the establishment of seven
helipads in the compound of Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport to boost
distribution of basic needs to Acehnese refugees.

The team coordinator Maj. Jesus Gonzales Laso de La Vega said
on Monday that the construction involved some 250 military
personnel.

Previously, the team had built semi-permanent refugee
barracks, dried inundated areas and provided 20,000 liters of
drinking water daily in Lampineung village here.

The Spanish government has also sent heavy-duty equipment,
including eight trucks, 10 platform tractors and an excavator, to
clean up the city,

The Spanish military is scheduled to leave the tsunami-hit
province at the end of March. --Antara