2,135 Indians brought back by 11 special flights, says Ministry
The Hindu
Embassy in Ukraine asks all stranded Indians to fill an online form
Eight flights will bring home over 1,500 Indians from the neighbouring countries of war-torn Ukraine to India on Monday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Sunday.
"Under 'Operation Ganga' to rescue Indian citizens, 2,135 Indians have been brought back today [on Sunday] by 11 special civilian flights from Ukraine's neighbouring countries," the Ministry said in a statement.
"Tomorrow [on Monday], eight special flights are expected to operate from Budapest [five], Suceava [two] and Bucharest [one], bringing more than 1,500 Indians back home,” it said.
Harjot Singh, the Indian student who sustained bullet injuries in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, is also returning on Monday, Union Minister General V.K. Singh tweeted from Poland.
The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Sunday asked all stranded Indians to fill an online form urgently. "All Indian nationals who still remain in Ukraine are requested to fill up the details contained in the attached Google Form on an URGENT BASIS. Be Safe Be Strong," it said in a tweet.
The details sought in the form are name, e-mail ID, phone number, address of current stay, passport details, gender and age. The embassy has also asked for the current location with the form suggesting Cherkassy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Vinnytsya, Volyn, Zakarpattya, Zaporozhzhya and Zhytomyr.
The Indian Embassy in Hungary also put out a tweet: "Important Announcement: Embassy of India begins its last leg of Operation Ganga flights today. All those students staying in their OWN accommodation (other than arranged by Embassy) are requested to reach @Hungariacitycentre, Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest between 10 a.m.-12 p.m."
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