Indian evacuees from Sudan heap praises on Modi govt after landing in Mumbai
Indian evacuees from Sudan heap praises on Modi govt after landing in Mumbai
Those Indians stranded in Sudan and following their evacuation expressed their sincere gratitude to PM Modi and the India’s efforts and arrangements to bring them back home.
Reportedly, India successfully flew another batch of 246 Indian nationals to Mumbai on Thursday, earlier evacuated from Sudan to Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah in the ongoing ‘Operation Kaveri’ to rescue stranded nationals from the conflict-ridden northeast African nation. The evacuated Indians even hailed the Indian jawans as ‘real heroes’
One among the evacuees on his return to Mumbai from Jeddah, while speaking to an Indian news agency said, he thanks the Indian govt for bringing the stranded Indian Nationals safely. They made all arrangements including food and all things were perfect and are happy for all done to them for their safe rerurn.
One elderly woman said “Our country is great:. May PM Modi live for 1,000 years.”
Another evacuee Avtar Singh said, they feel happy for their safe return home. The rescue operation is going on at a fast pace and they are satisfied with the government for their action.
Nisha Mehta, one of the citizens who landed in Mumbai said, “Thanks to PM Modi, India. We are happy that we’ve returned to our country.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the first batch of 360 Indians were carried in a chartered flight and brought to Delhi.
External affairs minister
S Jaishankar shared the images of the evacuated citizens on his Twitter handle and said, “Another Operation Kaveri flight comes to Mumbai. 246 more Indians come back to the motherland.
Meanwhile, minister of state for External Affairs V Muraleedharan is in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah to oversee the rescue operation of the citizens. On Thursday, he informed that around 1,100 Indians have been safely evacuated from strife-torn Sudan.
A total of 495 Indians are currently in Jeddah, while another 320 are in Port Sudan. One Indian from Kerala has been killed in the violence so far .
Meanwhile India on Monday launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ to evacuate its citizens stranded in Sudan amid the intense fighting between the country’s army troops and rival paramilitary force. Two C-130J medium lift aircraft of the IAF stationed in Saudi Arabia and naval warships will make sorties across the Red Sea to take the Indians arriving in Port Sudan to Jeddah.
News input KV Raman
