Operation Ganga: First batch of Indian evacuees from Ukraine land in Mumbai
India Today
Union Minister Piyush Goyal welcomed the first batch of Indian evacuees who returned to the country from Ukraine as part of Operation Ganga.
First batch of Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine returned to the country on Saturday. They were welcomed at the Mumbai airport by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
The minister took to Twitter to post a video of himself with the evacuees. He wrote: "Welcome back to the motherland! Glad to see the smiles on the faces of Indians safely evacuated from Ukraine at the Mumbai airport."
As per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the first batch of evacuees comprising 219 Indian nationals returned to India after boarding a flight to Mumbai from Romania. They were able to travel to the Ukrainian-Romanian border after Russian troops launched a military offensive on February 24.
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar also took to Twitter to welcome Indians, including students, who returned to the country on Saturday.
"Welcome back. First step of #OperationGanga," Jaishankar wrote on Twitter.
Welcome back.First step of #OperationGanga. https://t.co/4DgLIc7GYM
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