Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram: One more Air India flight touched down at the Cochin International Airport on Monday with as many as 372 passengers on board from Yemen.
Out of the total 372 passengers who reached here by 11.30 pm, Malayalis and Tamil Nadu natives deplaned here and the flight with rest of the passengers, mostly from North Indian states, flew to Mumbai.
The evacuees were given an immediate assistance of Rs 2,000 as travelling expense.
They were provided special bus services and transportation facilities by the government.
Earlier, Norka Minister K C Joseph said in Thiruvananthapuram that a total of 823 Keralites out of the 3,000 expatriates from the state have been evacuated from war-torn Yemen.
07/04/15 New Indian Express
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Out of the total 372 passengers who reached here by 11.30 pm, Malayalis and Tamil Nadu natives deplaned here and the flight with rest of the passengers, mostly from North Indian states, flew to Mumbai.
The evacuees were given an immediate assistance of Rs 2,000 as travelling expense.
They were provided special bus services and transportation facilities by the government.
Earlier, Norka Minister K C Joseph said in Thiruvananthapuram that a total of 823 Keralites out of the 3,000 expatriates from the state have been evacuated from war-torn Yemen.
07/04/15 New Indian Express
