Jaipur: It’s homecoming. A group of 29 Rajasthanis, who were stuck in Sudan, landed in New Delhi late on Wednesday. While a few of them had headed straight to their hometowns from the airport, rest preferred to stay at the national capital on Wednesday night and would head towards their hometowns on Thursday.
“Situation in Sudan was pathetic. We were confined to our rooms with whatever paltry ration we had. Thankfully, on Sunday officials of the Indian embassy came to our rescue. We are happy that we are back to India safe,” said Raghuveer Sharma, a resident of Bhoowala village under Dhod tehsil, located around 20 kilometre from Sikar.
Sharma, along with a few other natives of his village used to work at the Omega Steel Factory in Khartoum.
On Sunday this team started from Sudan’s capital Khartoum on a bus. The team reached Port of Sudan on Monday and from there, the team was transferred to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on a repatriation ship. From Jeddah, they reached New Delhi at around 9,15 pm on Wednesday on a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
“There were 29 on board from Rajasthan on this IAF’s aircraft. Although we have made arrangements for all to stay overnight in Delhi, few of them were reluctant to go to their home directly from the Delhi airport. We can very well understand their anxiousness and kept cars and packed dinner ready at the airport. Rests were accommodated in Delhi,” Dhiraj Srivastava, the resident commissioner of Rajasthan government in New Delhi, told TOI.
For the past few days Srivastava was keeping in touch with MEA and constantly monitoring the process to rescue the Rajasthani residents stranded in Sudan.
The state government on Saturday released a list of 40 Rajasthanis to MEA. On Tuesday the government issued a press release stating that all evacuees from the state would be provided boarding at New Delhi and would be transported to their respective hometown at state government’s expense.
A group of another nine evacuees from Rajasthan is expected to reach India on Thursday via Mumbai.
“Situation in Sudan was pathetic. We were confined to our rooms with whatever paltry ration we had. Thankfully, on Sunday officials of the Indian embassy came to our rescue. We are happy that we are back to India safe,” said Raghuveer Sharma, a resident of Bhoowala village under Dhod tehsil, located around 20 kilometre from Sikar.
Sharma, along with a few other natives of his village used to work at the Omega Steel Factory in Khartoum.
On Sunday this team started from Sudan’s capital Khartoum on a bus. The team reached Port of Sudan on Monday and from there, the team was transferred to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on a repatriation ship. From Jeddah, they reached New Delhi at around 9,15 pm on Wednesday on a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
“There were 29 on board from Rajasthan on this IAF’s aircraft. Although we have made arrangements for all to stay overnight in Delhi, few of them were reluctant to go to their home directly from the Delhi airport. We can very well understand their anxiousness and kept cars and packed dinner ready at the airport. Rests were accommodated in Delhi,” Dhiraj Srivastava, the resident commissioner of Rajasthan government in New Delhi, told TOI.
For the past few days Srivastava was keeping in touch with MEA and constantly monitoring the process to rescue the Rajasthani residents stranded in Sudan.
The state government on Saturday released a list of 40 Rajasthanis to MEA. On Tuesday the government issued a press release stating that all evacuees from the state would be provided boarding at New Delhi and would be transported to their respective hometown at state government’s expense.
A group of another nine evacuees from Rajasthan is expected to reach India on Thursday via Mumbai.
