'Operation Kaveri': India brings back another batch of 229 people from Sudan
The Hindu
India brought home another batch of 229 people in Bengaluru on April 30 under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan.
India brought home another batch of 229 people on April 30 under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan.
The fresh batch of evacuees arrived in Bengaluru, a day after 365 people returned from the African country to Delhi.
"#OperationKaveri One more flight brings back 229 passengers to Bengaluru," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar wrote on Twitter.
Under the evacuation mission, 754 people arrived in India in two batches on April 28.
The total number of Indians who have been brought back home from Sudan now stands at 1,954, according to official data.
The Indians were brought back from the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India has set up a transit camp for the evacuees.
The first batch of 360 evacuees returned to New Delhi in a commercial plane on April 26.
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