Hyderabad: The Telangana state government has made all arrangements to assist 54 people from the state who are stranded in war-torn Sudan to return to their native places when they arrive in New Delhi on Friday.
India on Thursday sent two C-17 military transport aircraft to South Sudan’s capital city Juba to evacuate over 300 Indians stranded there, of whom 54 are from Telangana.
Minister of state for external affairs V.K. Singh is leading the operation, named “Sankat Mochan”, to evacuate Indians from South Sudan, which has been rocked by violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.
The return flights will be only up to New Delhi, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said. TS has thus directed Mr Shashank Goel, resident commissioner, TS Bhavan in New Delhi, to coordinate with the MEA and Railway Board and make arrangements to provide food, accommodation and transportation from New Delhi. TS will bear all the expenses.
