About 10,800 Indians brought back by special flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries: Indian Govt

According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, under ‘Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indian citizens, 17 special flights have come back to the country on March 4 from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries, including 14 civilian flights and 3 C-17 IAF flights. One more Civilian flight is expected to arrive later in the day.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is running a rescue mission and named it ‘Operation Ganga’.

“While Civilian flights carried 3142 persons, C-17 flights evacuated 630 passengers. So far, over 9364 Indians have been evacuated by 43 special civilian flights. 7 flights of C-17 have so far evacuated 1428 passengers and taken 9.7 tonnes of relief material,” the Ministry said.

It added, “Today’s civilian flights included 4 from Bucharest, 2 from Kosice, 4 from Budapest, 3 from Rzeszow and 2 from Suceava, while IAF flew 2 flights from Bucharest and 1 from Budapest.”

Informing about the upcoming flights, it said, “Tomorrow, 11 special civilian flights are expected to bring back more than 2200 Indians, with 10 landing in New Delhi and one in Mumbai. 5 flights will originate from Budapest, 2 from Rzeszow and 4 from Suceava. Four C-17 aircraft are airborne for Romania, Poland and Slovakia, which are expected to reach late at night and early morning tomorrow.”