Indian Ministers oversee evacuation from Ukraine’s neighbours under Op Ganga
First Published: 2nd March, 2022 21:17 IST
And amid ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation, General VK Singh is in Poland to coordinate and oversee the
And amid ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation, General VK Singh is in Poland to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals from Ukraine.
General VK Singh urged Indians stranded there to keep track of guidelines being issued by the Indian embassy in Kyiv. General VK Singh is moving to the Polish border with Ukraine to facilitate the evacuation.
Upon reaching the Polish border General Singh distributed rations and relief materials among the Indians waiting there. It may be mentioned that India has sent as many as 4 ministers to countries neighbouring Ukraine to oversee the evacuation process.
Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia reached Bucharest in Romania today as part of the Indian mission to rescue stranded students in war-torn Ukraine. Scindia met with students and interacted with them while sending them off on one of the special flights back to India. The Union Aviation Minister also called up worried parents back in India to inform them that their children are going back home.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju also reached Slovakia where he is overseeing the evacuation of students from war torn Ukraine. Rijiju met and interacted with Indians students at Kosice who crossed over to Slovakia from Ukraine. For now, a total of 189 students would be leaving for India on a special flight as part of Operation Ganga.
Apart from Rijiju, union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and General V.K. Singh are at Romania and Poland respectively to oversee the safe return of Indian students back home.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live “I bow to citizens of Arunachal Pradesh…”: Arunachal CM Khandu thanks voters
27th April 2024Live Rising mercury: Meghalaya schools to have hydration breaks, no outdoor activities
27th April 2024Live Nagaland: CNCCI’s indefinite shutdown against multiple taxes, intimidation begins
27th April 2024Live Agartala, Tripura: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Puneet Agarwal speaks about LS Polls phase 2
27th April 2024WE RECOMMEND
Uyghur activists call for immediate global action against China’s ongoing genocide in East Turkistan
This comes after the US State Department released the 2023 Human Rights Report on April 22.
27th April 2024Trade between India-Bangladesh flourishing through Assam’s Karimganj
The local businessmen, traders, and local people are expecting that the trade (export and import) between the two neighbouring countries will increase more in the coming days.
25th April 2024Deadly floods kill 38 in Kenya; situation moving from emergency to disaster level
At least one person was killed and six people were missing in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, Mathare slums on Wednesday following an overnight downpour.
25th April 2024US State Dept official visits Jain Temple in California, says ‘Indian-Americans are backbone of strong relationship between two countries’
Their gathering aimed to foster dialogue and stronger understanding between the US State Department and the Jain community in the US.
25th April 2024Easing travel to Bhutan: Tourism Dept lifts mandatory travel insurance for tourists
With an improvement in the Covid situation and as part of the efforts to ensure smoother travel experiences, the department decided to remove this requirement
24th April 2024