Navy and Air Force join hands to rescue Indians stranded in Yemen
3 April 2015 5:12 AM IST
Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force are set to play a major role in the rescue of stranded Indians – about 3500 in number – in Yemen, in West Asia. As the fight for Sanaa, the capital, becomes serious with Saudi Arabia’s aircrafts – backed by the Gulf Cooperation Council members like the UAE - continuing to bomb Houthi rebels, the Indians in Yemen are afraid of their security.
Already, INS Sumitra, deployed in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy operations have brought out 349 people to Djibouti, from where they are to be flown back to Mumbai by an Air India flight. But that flight is stuck at Muscat, Oman as it has not received clearance to fly to Aden or Djibouti.
Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen (retd) Vijai Kumar Singh is in Djibouti, now coordinating the rescue operations. Meanwhile, the Chinese have already salvaged 500 of their citizens from the region.
The people stuck in Yemen and their relatives in the country have been appealing to the government in New Delhi to extract them from the battle-fields as quickly as possible. A flotilla of two passenger liners Kavaratti and Corals, escorted by Navy vessels, the stealth frigate INS Tarkash and a destroyer, INS Mumbai will be reaching Aden by 4 April.
Meanwhile, city-based metallurgical engineer Ravi Kumar along with 319 other Indians, who were waiting at the Sana’a airport in strife-torn Yemen to be airlifted, on Wednesday were disappointed after the authorities concerned announced the cancellation of the flight after the plane was denied landing permission.
Already, INS Sumitra, deployed in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy operations have brought out 349 people to Djibouti, from where they are to be flown back to Mumbai by an Air India flight. But that flight is stuck at Muscat, Oman as it has not received clearance to fly to Aden or Djibouti.
Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen (retd) Vijai Kumar Singh is in Djibouti, now coordinating the rescue operations. Meanwhile, the Chinese have already salvaged 500 of their citizens from the region.
The people stuck in Yemen and their relatives in the country have been appealing to the government in New Delhi to extract them from the battle-fields as quickly as possible. A flotilla of two passenger liners Kavaratti and Corals, escorted by Navy vessels, the stealth frigate INS Tarkash and a destroyer, INS Mumbai will be reaching Aden by 4 April.
Meanwhile, city-based metallurgical engineer Ravi Kumar along with 319 other Indians, who were waiting at the Sana’a airport in strife-torn Yemen to be airlifted, on Wednesday were disappointed after the authorities concerned announced the cancellation of the flight after the plane was denied landing permission.
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