Indian Embassy in Cairo has made elaborate arrangements to airlift Indian nationals in Egypt in the wake of violent agitation against the Hosni Mubarak regime. Talking to AIR Dubai correspondent Dhirendra Ojha, Ambassador of India to Egypt Mr. R. Swaminathan said, three hundred Indians are leaving Egypt tonight and reaching India tomorrow by a special Air India flight. He said that all Indians in Egypt are safe. Indian Embassy has set up 24 hours hotline to assist Indians for help. The numbers are 0020227360556, 0020227356168 and 0020227360052. He informed that there are nearly 3600 Indians living in Egypt and out of them 2200 live in Cairo. The MEA had yesterday issued a travel advisory asking Indians to avoid non-essential travel to Egypt.
News On AIR | January 30, 2011 7:02 PM
Elaborate arrangements made to airlift Indians in Cairo