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The fourth evacuation flight from Bangladesh left Dhaka for Srinagar at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday. It is scheduled to reach Srinagar at 1.45 in the afternoon. This is the second flight from Dhaka to Srinagar bringing students from Bangladesh. Tomorrow there is another flight scheduled for Srinagar. The Special Air India flight under the Vande Bharat Mission on Tuesday carried 169 medical students from India stranded in Bangladesh in the wake of Corona pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
Earlier, on Monday the third evacuation flight had left for Mumbai from Dhaka. The flight carried 104 Indian nationals stranded in Bangladesh due to Corona virus. Two other flights on 8th and 9th May have evacuated Indian citizens from Bangladesh to India. The first flight on May 8 carried 168 medical students from Bangladesh to Srinagar. The second flight carried 129 Indian citizens to Delhi on May 9.
The passengers of the flight to Srinagar thanked the High Commission of India for its help in arranging the special evacuation flight. They also thanked the government of India and the High Commission of India in Bangladesh for extending them all help during the process of evacuation from Bangladesh.
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, five flights are scheduled from the Gulf countries under Vande Bharat Mission. It will take more than 880 distressed and stranded citizens back to the country. There are two flights scheduled from Dubai, one to Kannur and the other to Mangalore.
The flight to Mangalore has approximately 40 pregnant women, more than 25 cases of medical emergencies, at least three dozen distressed workers, stranded tourists and some students as passengers. From Muscat, 180 people are likely to fly back to Chennai. Dammam Kochi will see more than 160 people going back, while Doha Thiruvananthapuram special flight will take back approximately 180 people. The Doha flight had to be called off on Sunday due to technical reasons has been rescheduled today.