Operation Kaveri: 299 Indians en route to Bengaluru after evacuation from Sudan
New Delhi/IBNS: A seventh outbound flight carrying 229 Indians departed from crisis-hit Sudan's Jeddah on Sunday as a part of the ongoing Operation Kaveri.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet wrote: "#OperationKaveri bringing citizens back home. Destined for Bengaluru, 7th outbound flight carrying 229 passengers departs from Jeddah."
#OperationKaveri bringing citizens back home.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 30, 2023
Destined for Bengaluru, 7th outbound flight carrying 229 passengers departs from Jeddah. pic.twitter.com/Zvfwx5Q0CJ
On Saturday evening, a sixth flight arrived in India carrying 365 Indians rescued from Sudan.
With these, nearly 2400 Indians evacuated! arrive in India so far.
Meanwhile, INS Sumedha departed from Port Sudan with 300 passengers onboard for Jeddah on late Saturday night.
“13th batch of Indians evacuated under #OperationKaveri,” Bagchi tweeted.
14th batch of Indians leaves Port Sudan under #OperationKaveri.
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 29, 2023
288 passengers onboard INS Teg are enroute to Jeddah. pic.twitter.com/oN0EcBQNpI
On Saturday, two batches of Indians arrived in India – one batch of 362 Indians touched down in Bengaluru, while another C-17 flight carrying 392 passengers reached New Delhi.
India on Thursday deployed the third naval ship for the rescue operation, INS Tarkash.
When the fighting broke out between rival factions, there were over 3,000 Indian nationals living in Sudan, besides around 1,000 Persons of Indian Origin.
