The Centre had announced that it will facilitate the return of Indians stuck abroad in a phased manner from May 7 on a payment basis. A report by IANS said that ‘Centre has announced to facilitate their return on compelling grounds and that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs made the announcement, informing that the travel would be arranged by aircraft and naval ships and a standard operating procedure (SOP) has been prepared in this regard.’
Today, two naval ships were deployed for the Maldives while one was directed to Dubai.
“INS Jalashwa deployed off Mumbai coast, along with INS Magar, diverted for the Maldives on Monday night. While INS Shardul diverted to Dubai to evacuate the expatriates, the spokesperson added. The three ships will return to Kochi,” a defence spokesperson said in the early hours on Tuesday.
INS Magar and INS Shardul are Southern Naval Command ships, while INS Jalashwa is from Eastern Naval Command
According to a statement by the Home Ministry, ‘Indian Embassies and High Commissions are preparing a list of distressed Indian citizens and the facility would be made available on payment basis.’
The statement also specified, "Non-scheduled commercial flights would be arranged for air travel and the travel would begin in a phased manner from May 7. Medical screening of the passengers would be done before they board the flight and only the asymptomatic passengers would be allowed to travel.”
During the journey, all these passengers would have to follow the protocols, such as the health guidelines issued by the Health Ministry and the Civil Aviation Ministry.
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