#Operation Ganga : After Nightmare, Indian Students Evacuated From Ukraine’s Sumy Arrive In Delhi

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An Air India flight from Poland’s Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday, they said.

India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from Sumy.

Another flight is expected to land in Delhi today morning, officials said.

According to the details shared by the students with PTI, the first flight was for first, second and third-year students.

The second flight is for fourth and fifth-year students and the third is for those with pets, fifth and sixth-year students and for any other who may have been left behind, they said.

The Indian government is carrying out a challenging evacuation exercise under Operation Ganga to help stranded Indians leave Ukraine.

The operation to evacuate the 600 students from Sumy began on Tuesday morning.

Hardeep, an MBBS student who was stranded in Sumy, told ANI , “bombardment occurred even on the day we left, not in our area but in the city. GoI, Red Cross, & Indian Embassy helped us a lot & built a green corridor to safely evacuate us. I’m thankful to PM Modi Ji.”

Prerna, a student stuck in Sumy Told ANI , “ours was the last evacuation. We could only get out after ceasefires were announced; before that, there were bomb & shelling sounds, but we believed in Indian Embassy. Govt helped us with proper evacuation, provided direct buses & trains.”