Phase 4 Of Vande Bharat Mission To Begin From July 3: Ministry
Greater than 700 flights have reached India repatriating round 1.50 lakh Indians (Representational)
New Delhi:
The fourth segment of Vande Bharat Challenge has been firmed up from July three and can center of attention on international locations the place a lot of Indians have registered to go back.
“Section 4 of Vande Bharat Challenge has been firmed up with impact from July three. Section 4 will specifically center of attention on international locations the place we nonetheless have a lot of Indians who’ve registered to go back,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava stated on Thursday on the weekly media briefing.
He stated that greater than 700 flights have reached India below the venture repatriating round 1.50 lakh Indians.
“The rest 175 flights below Section three of Vande Bharat are anticipated to succeed in within the coming days. Those Vande Bharat venture flights had been instrumental in addressing the rapid requirement of stranded Indians. We’re dedicated to repatriating the Indians specifically within the GCC international locations — Malaysia, Singapore amongst different puts,” he stated.
Mr Srivastava stated chartered flight operations, which commenced on Might 26, have ceaselessly higher over the last weeks and they’ve additionally introduced again seafarers and crews of delivery corporations stranded in quite a lot of puts.
“Until date, 1,30,061 individuals have returned on those flights. Call for for those flights stays very prime, particularly within the Gulf area. Due to this fact, we’re transferring to additional streamline the method,” he stated.
He additionally stated that greater than 84,000 Indians have returned to India thru land border immigration checkpoints in Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
