India Begins Sudan Evacuation Under Operation Kaveri, First Batch Boards INS Sumedha. In Pics

The first batch of Indians stranded in Sudan were evacuated under Operation Kaveri on Tuesday, with 278 leaving the war-torn country aboard the INS Sumedha.

The INS Sumedha is evacuating Indians from Port Sudan.

The first batch of Indians stranded in Sudan were evacuated on Tuesday as part of Operation Kaveri. (Image Source: MEA)

With 278 people on board, the INS Sumedha departed Port Sudan for Jeddah. According to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, India has launched Operation Kaveri to rescue its citizens who are stranded in war-torn Sudan. (Image Source: MEA)

The government, according to Jaishankar, is "committed to assisting all our brethren in Sudan." The government stated that it was focusing on the safety of over 3,000 Indian citizens who were currently scattered across Sudan. (Image Source: MEA)

As part of its contingency plans to bring back stranded Indians, India said on Sunday that it had stationed two transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah and a naval ship in a key port in Sudan. (Image Source: MEA)

According to the MEA, overland travel poses risks and logistical challenges, and Sudanese airspace remains closed to all foreign aircraft. (Image Source: MEA)

Despite reports of intense fighting emanating from various locations in Khartoum, the country's capital, the security situation in Sudan remained "volatile," according to the report. (Image Source: MEA)

The Sudanese army and a paramilitary group have been engaged in bloody combat for the past 12 days, reportedly killing over 400 people. (Image Source: MEA)

In the photo, people are filling out paperwork to register to board the Indian ship. Sudanese violence erupted in Khartoum and other cities as a result of a power struggle between two major factions of the country's military regime, killing over 250 people and injuring approximately 2,600 others. (Image Source: MEA)

People being evacuated are shown in the photo holding an Indian flag. The regular army and the main paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are both involved in the conflict. This situation has increased the likelihood of a civil war erupting across the country. (Image Source: Indian Navy)

Since the 2021 coup, Sudan has been ruled by a council of generals, with two military leaders at the centre of the current conflict: Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is effectively the country's president and head of the armed forces, and his deputy, Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, who leads the RSF paramilitary group. (Image Source: Indian Navy)