Operation Kaveri: BJP leader and Union Minister S Jaishankar informed on Friday that another C-17 aircraft carrying 392 passengers reached New Delhi. They have been evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan.
Earlier today, 56 Gujarat residents evacuated from Sudan under the Centre’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ reached Ahmedabad in the early hours after landing in Mumbai and thanked government officials for bringing them back safely from the trouble-torn African country.
Of these 56 Gujarat residents, who landed at the Mumbai airport, 12 reached Ahmedabad on their own, while 44 were brought to Ahmedabad in two buses deployed by the Gujarat government, said an official release.
They were among 246 Indians evacuated from Sudan and brought to Mumbai by an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon. Mumbai airport officials said these evacuees were from 18 states including Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Minister of State for Home Harsh Shanghvi welcomed the returnees from Gujarat, including several elderly people, at Ahmedabad Circuit House on Friday morning.
From Ahmedabad, they will be sent to their respective destinations across Gujarat in state transport buses arranged by the government.
(With inputs from PTI)