Indian Navy ship, INS Teg, successfully evacuated 288 stranded Indians under Operation Kaveri from the crisis hit Sudan yesterday. This is the 14th batch of stranded citizens heading to Jeddah. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that "14th batch of Indians leaves Port Sudan under Operation Kaveri. "288 passengers onboard INS Teg are enroute to Jeddah." Previously, INS Sumedha, which is stationed at Port Sudan, had also left the crisis-hit country with 300 passengers onboard for Jeddah. As many as 2,400 Indians have evacuated from Sudan, where the country is experiencing bloodshed as a result of clashes between the army and paramilitary forces. The Indian government under Operation Kaveri, is set to evacuate about 3,000 Indian-origin passengers from Sudan. Yesterday evening, a total of 365 Indians from Sudan arrived in New Delhi under Operation Kaveri. Yesterday morning, a flight carrying 231 Indian passengers evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan, reached New Delhi.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Under Operation Kaveri, a total of 1,191 passengers have been evacuated from Sudan of which 117 are currently under quarantine as they are not vaccinated against Yellow Fever. Sudan is experiencing bloodshed as a result of clashes between the army and paramilitary forces. Even though there is a 72-hour ceasefire, there have been allegations of violence. Fighting has erupted between soldiers loyal to Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, paramilitary Rapid Support Soldiers (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.<br />
News On AIR | April 30, 2023 7:52 AM
Operation Kaveri: 14th batch of 288 stranded citizens successfully evacuated from crisis hit Sudan by INS Teg