Operation Ganga has been launched by Government of India to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine.
“This evacuation process is being done at government cost,” said Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla.
India has identified land evacuation options from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania since the airspace in Ukraine was closed.
“Specific border crossing points have been identified and the MEA had deployed teams to assist in the evacuation process,” Shringla added.
The EBNW Story carries the key points from Shringla’s address:
– Our Embassy in Kyiv as well as our Ministry issued a number of advisories prior to the situation developing. 4000 of our nationals left before the conflict, pursuant to these advisories. We estimated that about 15,000 citizens have been left in Ukraine.
– Border crossing to Hungary and Romania is functioning, but, the exit point to Poland has become clogged due to lakhs of foreign nationals trying to escape from that point. Those who are near the borders of Hungary and Romania are guided towards their border points in phases.
– So far under operation Ganga, thousand of our citizens have been flown out of Romania and Hungary and another thousand have been evacuated from Ukraine through land routes. Flights have been organised for them as well.
The list of flights for operation Ganga for evacuation of Indians from Ukraine via neighboring is here:
Operation Ganga has been launched by Government of India to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in Ukraine.
“This evacuation process is being done at government cost,” said Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla.
India has identified land evacuation options from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania since the airspace in Ukraine was closed.
“Specific border crossing points have been identified and the MEA had deployed teams to assist in the evacuation process,” Shringla added.
EBNW Story carries the key points from Shringla’s address:
– Our Embassy in Kyiv as well as our Ministry issued a number of advisories prior to the situation developing. 4000 of our nationals left before the conflict, pursuant to these advisories. We estimated that about 15,000 citizens have been left in Ukraine.
– Border crossing to Hungary and Romania is functioning, but, the exit point to Poland has become clogged due to lakhs of foreign nationals trying to escape from that point. Those who are near the borders of Hungary and Romania are guided towards their border points in phases.
– So far under operation Ganga, thousand of our citizens have been flown out of Romania and Hungary and another thousand have been evacuated from Ukraine through land routes. Flights have been organised for them as well.
The list of flights for operation Ganga for evacuation of Indians from Ukraine via neighboring is here:
List of flights for operation Ganga for Evacuation of Indians from Ukraine via neighboring countries: Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla pic.twitter.com/AmrOrxHeuA
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2022