NEW DELHI: A special flight carrying Indian students stranded in Bangladesh’ capital Dhaka will land in Srinagar on Wednesday as part of government’s Vande Bharat Mission to help Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdown.
Under Vande Bharat Mission, a batch of 169 Indian students, who were stranded in Bangladesh due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions, will land in Srinagar directly today, according to reports.
Apart from that five more flights are scheduled from the Gulf countries under Vande Bharat Mission for today. It will take more than 880 distressed and stranded citizens back to the country. This was the fourth flight from Bangladesh which will depart from Dhaka today.
The third flight brought as many as 107 stranded Indians from Dhaka to Mumbai on Monday. Second Air India flight carrying 129 Indian nationals from Dhaka had landed at Delhi airport on Saturday as part of Vande Bharat Mission to bring back stranded Indians from different countries.
While the first flight from Dhaka carrying Indian students had landed in Srinagar on May 8.
Over 6,000 stranded citizens abroad have been flown back to India on 31 flights operated by Air India and Air India Express under Vande Bharat Mission in five days beginning from May 7.
The Centre has initiated the mission – one of the largest initiatives to repatriate Indian nationals – with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, coordinating with the Ministry of External Affairs and state governments.
India began phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad from May 7. The government had said that Air India will operate 64 flights in a week to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals.
Bureau Report
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