According to the latest reports, the seventh flight carrying 182 Indians stranded in Ukraine, reached Mumbai from Bucharest in Romania as part of the "Operation Ganga" on Tuesday, March 1. The Air India flight IX1202 from Bucharest, Romania to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) via Kuwait, successfully landed at 07:36 hours with 182 young passengers onboard.
The seventh flight carrying 182 Indians stranded in #Ukraine, reached #Mumbai from Bucharest in #Romania. Of the 182 passengers, around 25 were from #Maharashtra. Union Minister #NarayanRane received the nationals at the #MumbaiAirport. pic.twitter.com/qDulzVz0kX
— Mumbai Live (@MumbaiLiveNews) March 1, 2022
Of the 182 passengers, around 25 were from Maharashtra, 38 from Haryana, 34 from Uttar Pradesh, 10 from Gujarat and the remaining 75 were from the rest of the country.
It has been reported that Union Minister Narayan Rane received the nationals at the Mumbai Airport. He addressed the students inside the aircraft and the passengers later were received at the Aerobridge by the CSMIA team who escorted them out and were cleared on priority.
Of the 182 passengers, 175 passengers were fully vaccinated, and the remaining seven were sent for Rapid PCR testing. Blank Information forms were distributed on arrival to all passengers as required by the MCGM.
Around 10 passengers were escorted to Buses at Level 1 for their onward journey to Gujarat. Besides, the airport had set up dedicated Check-In Counters for recheck & baggage drop of all domestic connecting passengers. CSMIA, in coordination with travel operators, assisted approx. 85 passengers with their domestic onward ticket booking. The airport and the domestic airlines also coordinated together and waived off the excess baggage of the young passengers. In addition, 1 passenger was made comfortable in the Aviserv Lounge as he had a late evening flight. CSMIA also aided 30 passengers by transferring them via CSMIA vehicle to Terminal 1 for their onward domestic connecting flight. All passengers connecting on domestic flights were assisted with security clearance and boarding.
The passengers went through thermal screening by the APHO Officers at the airport. Also 10 dedicated counters were made operational at the immigrations for quick processing and clearance. At the same time, a dedicated area was made available in the Arrival Reclaim Belt for quick Check-In Baggage process, and XBIS machines were made operational for customs screening.
The Meet and Greet (M&G) area was made available as the assembly point where the passengers were welcomed and seated. The young passengers along with MCGM officers were served pre-packed breakfast and beverages at the triage area. The passengers were segregated state-wise as State Governments of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Bihar, Haryana, Assam, and Chennai were present to receive the young students from their respective states.
Various posts have been doing the rounds on social media, where Indian students, amongst other nationals, can be seen attempting to cross the Ukraine border. Many have been residing in temporary camps at the border.
Earlier on February 26, an Air India flight from Bucharest, Romania to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) landed with 219 young passengers on board. Of these, nearly 30 were from Mumbai while the rest were from Maharashtra.
Moreover, the Mumbai City District Collector Rajeev D. Nivatkar has appealed to any citizen or student of Mumbai stranded in Ukraine to contact the district control room, district collector office, Mumbai city on 022- 22664232 and mumbaicitync@gmail.com.
In addition to this, on February 23, state Minister of Higher Education and Technical Education, Uday Samant remarked that 1200 students from Maharashtra are stuck in Ukraine. Thus, he requested prompt intervention to safely bring back these students.
In other developments, Union Ministers Gen VK Singh, Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kiren Rijiju are being dispatched to countries bordering Ukraine to oversee the evacuation of Indian students and nationals, claimed accounts.
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