Operation Kaveri: BJP chief and Union Minister S Jaishankar on Friday knowledgeable that one other C-17 flight carrying 392 passengers arrived in New Delhi. They have been evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan.
Earlier right now, as many as 56 Gujarat residents, evacuated from Sudan underneath the Centre’s ‘Operation Kaveri’, reached Ahmedabad within the early hours after touchdown in Mumbai and expressed gratitude to authorities authorities for bringing them again safely from the strife-battered African nation.
Of these 56 Gujarat residents who landed on the Mumbai airport, 12 reached Ahmedabad on their very own, whereas 44 have been delivered to Ahmedabad in two buses deployed by the Gujarat authorities, mentioned an official launch.
They have been amongst 246 Indians evacuated from Sudan and delivered to Mumbai by an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon. These evacuees have been from as many as 18 states, together with Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, Mumbai airport authorities mentioned.
The Gujarat returnees, together with a number of aged individuals, have been welcomed by Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi upon their arrival on the Ahmedabad Circuit House on Friday morning.
From Ahmedabad, they are going to be despatched to their respective locations throughout Gujarat in state transport buses organized by the federal government, mentioned the discharge.
(with inputs from PTI)
