Amid controversy over why not one of the 205 repatriation flights planned till date was being sent to Calcutta, the external affairs ministry waded into the debate on Thursday night.
Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted: “…Will gladly facilitate flights to Kolkata if state government will confirm arrangements to receive and quarantine…. We hope to receive an early response on the matter.”
The Centre appeared to insinuate that flights were being denied to Calcutta because the state government had not communicated information about the local arrangements.
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