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Indians stranded in countries around the world will fly back home over the weekend on special Air India flights as part of India’s Vande Bharat Mission, the country’s massive repatriation operation to help those trapped in other countries. due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent blockage.
This is the first phase of the Vande Bharat mission, which started on May 7 and is scheduled to continue until May 13. United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are some of the countries from which Indians will be brought back home.
Two flights with a total of 335 people from the Gulf countries landed at both Kerala airports on Friday night, when the Vande Bharat Mission entered on its second day.
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Four flights with Indian nationals are to arrive from Dhaka from Bangladesh to Delhi on Saturday afternoon, Kuwait to Hyderabad at 6:30 pm, Muscat from Oman to Cochin at 8:50 pm and Sharjah from the United Arab Emirates to Lucknow at 8:50 pm.
Four others will come from Kuwait and land in Cochin at 9:15 p.m., Kaula Lampur from Malaysia to Trichy at 9:40 p.m., London from the United Kingdom to Mumbai at 1:30 a.m. May 10 and Doha from Qatar to Cochin at 1:40 a.m.
Here is the Saturday schedule for the Vande Bharat Mission:
May 9:
1) Dubai to Chennai
Arrival in Chennai at 0025 hours.
2) Dhaka to Delhi
Arrival in Delhi: 1500 hours.
3) Kuwait to Hyderabad
Arrival in Hyderabad: 1830 hours.
4) Muscat to Cochin
Arrival in Cochin: 2050 hours.
5) Sharjah to Lucknow
Arrival in Lucknow: 2050 hours.
6) Kuwait to Cochin
Arrival in Cochin: 2115 hours.
7) Kaula Lampur to Trichy
Arrival in Trichy: 2140 hours.
8) London to Mumbai
Arrival in Mumbai: 0130 hours
May 10:
1) Doha to Cochin
Arrival in Cochin: 0140 hours
In Vande Bharat’s first week, 64 flights are expected to bring home 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries.
The Center will expand its massive Vande Bharat mission starting next week to evacuate stranded citizens from abroad by including other countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, Spain and Thailand, according to official sources.
All international passengers will have to pay the trip and the fares from the Gulf countries to Kerala range between Rs 15,000 and Rs 16,000. Evacuation flights from London will cost around Rs 50,000 and those from the United States an estimated Rs 1,00,000.
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