1 lakh Indians to be brought back by end of Vande Bharat phase 2 mission: MEA
Close to one lakh Indians stranded abroad will be brought back home by the end of the second phase 2 of the Vande Bharat Mission, MEA sources said.
The second phase of the mission ends on June 13.
Some 3,08,200 Indians have registered with the missions abroad to come back home amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The navy will make four sorties to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Iran to bring back stranded Indians.
At least, 5000 Indians have come back by land borders of neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh recently.
Last week, the government had added 141 more flights to West Asian countries for the second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission, its massive repatriation programme for citizens stranded abroad because of Covid-19-related travel restrictions.
