The 12th batch of Indian Air Force C-130J flight with 135 stranded Indians has reached Jeddah from crisis-hit Sudan.
Till now, 2100 stranded Indians have arrived in Jeddah, under ‘Operation Kaveri’, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan informed. “How’s the josh? #OperationKaveri 135 more Indian evacuees reached Jeddah by IAF C-130J.
With this 12th batch, around 2100 Indians arrived in Jeddah in total. Our efforts will continue,” Muraleedharan tweeted.
Meanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that INS Sumedha, which is stationed at Port Sudan, had also left the crisis-hit country with 300 passengers onboard for Jeddah.
This is the 13th batch of INS Sumedha with evacuated Indians, heading to Jeddah.