January 30, 2011 8:49 PM

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Govt. makes special arrangement to airlift Indians from violence-hit Cairo

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, Ambassador of India to Egypt Mr. R. Swaminathan said that the process of airlifting the Indian nationals has already begun. The Air India regional manager told AIR that another 123 TATA employees will also leave by the same flight. He said, another flight will leave Cairo tomorrow at 11 AM for Mumbai. 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 askingIndians to avoid non-essential travel to Egypt.

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