New Delhi: Under ‘Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indian citizens, 1314 Indians were airlifted on Monday by seven special civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries. With this, more than 17 thousand 4 hundred Indians have been brought back since the special flights began on 22nd February, 2022, said the Ministry of Civil Aviation in a statement.

The number of Indians airlifted by 73 special civilian flights goes up to 15206. One C-17 IAF flight, with 201 Indians on board, is expected to arrive in the evening today. The IAF had earlier flown 10 sorties to bring back 2056 passengers as a part of Operation Ganga.

Among the special civilian flights today, four have landed in New Delhi while two reached Mumbai. One flight is expected late in the evening. There were five flights from Budapest, and one each from Bucharest and Suceava. On Tuesday, two special civilian flights are expected to operate from Suceava, bringing in more than 400 Indians back home. /BI/