Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Under the rescue operation conducted by the Indian Air Force named “Operation Kaveri”, the ninth flight carrying around 186 passengers departed from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, towards India. About 3000 stranded Indians have been successfully evacuated from battle-torn Sudan so far.
According to the updates, Indian armed forces have been rescuing the Indian passengers struck in the war-affected Sudan under the intensified Operation Kaveri from Khartoum on Friday.
Nearly 186 Indian passengers were onboard the ninth flight, which departed from Jeddah to Kochi, said the statement issued by Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, India.
Bagchi also confirmed through his official Twitter handle that nearly 3000 passengers have been successfully rescued from Sudan under Operation Kaveri.
On Sunday, S Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, also claimed that the forces have been doing an exceptional job in evacuation operations. About 2300 Indians have been brought back to India safe and sound.
In his tweet, Jaishankar noted that a flight named A-130 of the Indian Airforce had carried 40 passengers and landed in New Delhi, which added the total number of evacuated people to 2300. Until Saturday evening, 365 passengers have landed in New Delhi under Operation Kaveri.
On the other hand, on Saturday morning, a flight carried 231 Indian passengers to the national capital. It was also reported that after the announcement of the ceasefire in Sudan, a number of countries have been trying to evacuate their citizens, including India.
Along with the Indian Airforce, Indian Navy ships have also been bringing the people back to the country; INS Teg evacuated 288 Indians successfully from the war-affected Sudan on Saturday, said reports. INS Teg carried the 14th batch of evacuees back to their home country.
Similarly, INS Sumedha had also left with the 300 passengers returning to India, which was stationed at Port Sudan. According to reports, Sudan has been facing a tough situation as a nation due to the conflicts between the army and ministry forces. There have been allegations of violence even after the 72 hours of the ceasefire announcement.
The conflict has been raised between the leader of the Sudanese army Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Rapid Support Soldiers of Parliament (RSF) commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.
