Indians to be airlifted from Yemen: Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Source: Reuters photo)

India will be airlifting its nationals from strife-torn Yemen after getting permission from authorities to fly from Sana’a for three hours a day. “Today we got permission to fly from Sana’a for three hours a day. We will use the slot for evacuating our citizens everyday,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

According to officials sources, the government will chalk out a schedule for Air India sorties to evacuate the nationals. Swaraj also tweeted that India was in the process of sending a ship with a capacity of 1,500 passengers.

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On Saturday, as many as 80 Indians left Sana’a for Djibouti where the Indian mission will assist them in returning home.

The Ministry has also set up a 24-hour control room to monitor the situation. There are about 3,500 Indians, most of whom are nurses.