More than 700 flights have reached India repatriating around 1.50 Indian lakhs (representation)
New Delhi:
The fourth phase of the Vande Bharat mission was reinforced from July 3 and will focus on countries where a large number of Indians have registered to return.
“Phase four of the Vande Bharat mission has been strengthened as of July 3. Phase four will focus in particular on countries where we still have a large number of Indians who have registered to return,” said Thursday MEA spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava. media briefing.
He said that more than 700 flights reached India as part of the mission repatriating around 1.50 lakh Indians.
“The 175 remaining flights under Phase 3 of Vande Bharat are expected to reach within the next few days. These flights by the Vande Bharat mission have helped meet the immediate needs of the stranded Indians. We are determined to repatriate the Indians, in particular in the GCC countries – – Malaysia, Singapore among others, “he said.
Srivastava said charter operations, which began on May 26, have steadily increased in recent weeks and have also brought sailors and crews from shipping companies stranded in various locations.
“To date, 1,30,061 people have returned to these flights. The demand for these flights remains very high, particularly in the Gulf region. Therefore, we are working to further streamline the process,” he said. -he declares.
He also said that more than 84,000 Indians have returned to India via land border immigration checkpoints in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
