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By India Today News Desk: India’s Defence Attache to Saudi Arabia, Col GS Grewal, assured Indian nationals being evacuated from Sudan that they would be taken back to their homeland safely. A video of the same has gone viral on social media, where he can be seen asking people to cooperate in the evacuation operations.
India’s Defence Attache to Saudi Arabia can be seen asking fellow Indians to trust the agencies involved in the evacuation process and urging them to “to work as a team with the agencies”.
“We have reached here safely. We faced a very tough time. All of you are here safely with your families. Trust me, from this moment onwards, all of you will reach home safely. That is our job. In this, I need your cooperation as well. Everybody will be taken out safely. Even after the last person here is evacuated, we will stay here. Don’t worry. Ships and planes are lined up,” Col GS Grewal assured fellow Indians evacuated from Sudan in the viral video.
“Don’t panic, let’s just make a priority list from today, starting with women and children who are sick. You may be facing a shortage of food and water. Be assured that all your concerns will be addressed and everything will be sorted out. We will take care of everything. We are here. I am going to be here. We want to take you back to India at the earliest. This is our aim,” Col GS Grewal added.
The evacuees were seen thanking him and chanting “Vande Mataram” and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
On Tuesday afternoon, India launched Operation Kaveri’ to rescue 3000 stranded Indians in the conflict-ridden zone with its Saryu-class navy vessel, INS Sumedha, which brought 278 stranded people in its first batch from Port Sudan to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
The second batch of 121 Indians was rescued from Port Sudan early Wednesday morning. Consequently, the third batch with another 135 people was also rescued by the IAF.
The fourth aircraft from Sudan arrived at Jeddah with 128 Indians early on Thursday, tweeted MoS MEA V Muraleedharan.
Meanwhile, INS Teg departed from Port Sudan with 297 passengers on Thursday. This is the fifth batch of stranded Indians en route to Jeddah.
Indian Navy’s warship INS Teg- the fourth Talwar-class frigate, also joined the operation to help boost the ongoing evacuation.
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