{"id":25497,"date":"2020-04-28T21:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=25497"},"modified":"2020-05-04T10:43:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:43:48","slug":"evacuation-indians-stranded-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/evacuation-indians-stranded-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID19: India Gears up with Detailed Repatriation Plans for Citizens Stranded Abroad from May 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
A mother can\u2019t remain impassive to the needs of her children. Finally, India sent cheers to her citizens stranded abroad through a positive response to their distress calls for return to home<\/strong>. On May 4, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced to begin the process, in a phased manner starting May 7, for repatriation of Indian nationals from abroad on compelling grounds<\/strong>. Early this month, the petitions filed with the Supreme Court for repatriation of Indian nationals stuck overseas were dismissed citing the nationwide lockdown, the rising COVID19 graph, and the country\u2019s limited healthcare resources as unavoidable reason for the unfeasibility of evacuating them. However, the Ministry of External Affairs gave in to the mounting pressure of the growing distress among India\u2019s senior citizens, students, laid-off professionals and jobless migrant workers stranded abroad.<\/p>\n In discussion with Indian consulates abroad, the Civil Aviation Minister and Air India<\/span><\/a>, the Foreign Ministry has reportedly worked on a detailed evacuation plan for the stranded and distressed citizens. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the Foreign Secretary of India, presented the plan with such details as estimated counts of Indians stranded in different countries and numbers of special flights that need to be arranged for selective evacuation of them to top government officials including state chief ministers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n