<span style="color: #222222;">India will be sending flights to the Gulf region as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to evacuate stranded Indians.<br />''<br />''Ambassador Sayeed earlier said that five flights from Saudi Arabia to India have been scheduled over the next one week.<br />''<br />''Each of these flights will carry back 155 passengers.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the provision for special flights to fly back home has come as a big relief to the Indian community here.<br />''<br />''The first flight from UAE toady will see  approximately 350 Indians flying back to Kochi and Kozhikode.<br />''<br />''Workers who are in extreme distress situation , senior citizens , some pregnant women , students, infants and at least three Indian citizens who were stranded at the airport during the transit are some of those who will be flying back today.<br />''<br />''The Indian Missions have worked closely with the volunteers of the community to prepare the list of passengers.<br />''<br />''Health screening of shortlisted passengers will be done by the UAE Health authorities at the departure terminal of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports.<br />''<br />''Only those who are found asymptomatic will be allowed to proceed.<br />''<br />''All passengers will be required to sign an undertaking to undergo compulsory quarantine at the destination of arrival and bear the cost of the same.</span><br />