In the biggest-ever evacuation exercise in modern history, India is set to bring back close to 250,000 nationals home from across the world. The Indians stranded abroad will have to pay anything from Rs 12,000 to Rs 1 lakh per ticket depending on their location. While the fare is Rs 50,000 to return from the UK, it is Rs 100,000 for a passenger coming from the US.
However, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Centre’s plan to bring home Indians stranded abroad without testing them for coronavirus was fraught with risks.
“Many of them are coming without tests there. We can’t take any risk at this point. It would have been ideal if they undergo tests before taking flights,” he said in a letter to PM Modi.
