Thursday, May 14, 2020

Two flights leave from Bangladesh for Delhi, Chennai evacuating stranded Indians

Two more flights left Dhaka for Delhi and Chennai on Thursday carrying stranded Indians from Bangladesh. On the sixth day of the Vande Bharat Mission, the Air India flight to Chennai carried 158 passengers while the Biman Bangladesh flight carried 70 stranded Indians to Delhi.

With these two flights the first phase of evacuation of the stranded Indian nationals from Bangladesh is completed. At least one more flight is planned on May 19 from Dhaka to Srinagar to carry the remaining stranded people of India from Bangladesh.

In the first phase of the evacuation exercise from Bangladesh a total of 7 flights carried Indian citizens to Sringar, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai from Dhaka.

Earlier on Wednesday, the evacuation flight from Bangladesh left the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport to Srinagar.

Most of the passengers on the flight are medical students from India studying in Bangladesh.
14/05/20 All India Radio
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