22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine: Govt

The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that around 22 thousand 500 Indian nationals have returned from Ukraine to India from 1st  of last month to 11th of this month. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha yesterday, 

Minister of State for  Civil Aviation  General  V. K. Singh (Retd)  said that 90 evacuation flights were operated under Operation Ganga including 14 Indian Air Force flights. He said, the Government had coordinated with the Indian carriers for the operation of evacuation



flights.

He said, six private airlines, namely Air Asia, Air India, Air India Express, Go First, Indigo and Spicejet operated chartered services under Operation Ganga.

The Minister said, the Government has coordinated with these six private airlines for evacuation of Indian nationals from countries adjoining Ukraine like  Romania, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia under Operation Ganga. He informed that the airfare for all the flights operated under Operation Ganga has been borne entirely by the Government.