India strengthened Operation Kaveri to rescue stranded citizens from Khartoum, and as a result, has successfully evacuated almost 3800 citizens from the war-torn Sudan. The Indian Air Force C-130J jet, which was headed to Delhi but had 47 Indians stuck on board, took off from Jeddah.
“IAF C-130J aircraft with 47 evacuees from Sudan is on its way to Delhi from Jeddah. Nearly 3800 persons have now been rescued from Sudan under #OperationKaveri,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
Earlier, on Thursday, 192 Indians, who were stranded in Sudan, landed in Ahmedabad.
They were brought to Gujarat in Indian Air Force C17 aircraft from Port Sudan to Ahmedabad.
On the same day, “20 evacuees departed from N’Djamena in two batches of 2 and 18 onboard flights destined for Chennai and Bengaluru respectively. These evacuees had crossed over from Sudan into Chad through the adjoining land border,” Bagchi tweeted.
A total of 3,584 Indians have been evacuated from the strife-torn Sudan under Operation Kaveri which completed nine days of operations on Thursday, according to the Indian embassy in Sudan.