Over One hundred and fifty Indians returned safely from South Sudan to Delhi as part of the operation Sankat Mochan. Of them 85 passengers got off at Trivandrum and 69 proceeded to Delhi.
Minister of State External Affairs Gen. V K Singh who accompanied the passengers from Juba told in New Delhi reporters that three hundred people have expressed desire to stay back in Sudan in view of improvement of situation there.
Second aircraft carrying Indians will reach later in the day. The evacuation operation named as Sankat Mochan is being headed by Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh.
MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup in a tweet said, the first aircraft has 143 Indian citizens including 10 women and 3 infants.
The 2nd aircraft is carrying 9 Indian nationals and 2 Nepalese citizens.