22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine between Feb 1 and March 11: Executive

Through PTI

NEW DELHI: Round 22,500 Indian nationals returned to India from Ukraine between February 1 and March 11, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh stated on Monday.

The Ukrainian government close down the rustic’s airspace for civilian plane after the Russian invasion on February 24.

India began evacuating its electorate from Ukraine’s neighbouring nations corresponding to Poland, Romania and Hungary from February 26.

A complete of 90 evacuation flights have been operated underneath Operation Ganga, together with 14 Indian Air Pressure flights, the minister stated.

In his respond to a written query in Rajya Sabha, Singh stated, “Round 22,500 Indian nationals have returned from Ukraine to India from February 1 to March 11, 2022.”

“The air fare for all of the flights operated underneath Operation Ganga has been borne totally via the federal government and not anything has been charged from the scholars,” he added.