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Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that nearly 1,25,000 Indians have returned from different countries under the Vande Bharat Mission.
He informed that 6,037 people returned to India from overseas on June 23. “Vande Bharat continues to be a mission of hope and happiness for stranded and distressed Indians around the world. So far, nearly 125K Indians have come back on these evacuation flights and nearly 43K have flown out of India. Today (on Tuesday) 6,037 people returned from different countries,” Puri said in a tweet.
Vande Bharat continues to be a mission of hope & happiness for stranded & distressed Indians around the world.
So far nearly 125K Indians have come back on these evacuation flights & nearly 43K have flown out of India.
Today 6037 people returned from different countries. pic.twitter.com/AUaMGMGSqY
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 23, 2020
As many as 2,50,087 Indian nationals stranded abroad have been repatriated since the beginning of Vande Bharat Mission last month, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said last week.
The Vande Bharat Mission, which started from May 7 to evacuate Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic, is in its third phase. The recent phase commenced on June 11. Under the third phase, India would have 550 flights including 191 feeder flights.
