Operation Sankat Mochan: C-17 aircraft evacuates 143 Indians

New Delhi: 143 Indians, including 10 women and three infants have been evacuated from the violence stricken Sudan by the Indian Air Force aircraft Globemaster C-17 on Thursday night. The mission was led by General V.K. Singh.

All rescued Indian nationals have been brought to Delhi.

V.K. Singh shared the video on Twitter, which shows evacuees filled with patriotism, chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

Success is the natural outcome when working as a team.Thanku @narendramodi Ji, @SushmaSwaraj Ji, @manoharparrikar Ji pic.twitter.com/xKTMxJkUJe

— Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) July 14, 2016

Op #SankatMochan in progress.A sense of fulfillment prevails in the team seeing these happy faces. Jai Hind!! pic.twitter.com/XvVUnwEPfW

— Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) July 14, 2016

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup informed on Twitter that ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’ is out of conflict zone.

Operation #SankatMochan

Safely out of the danger zone. The first flight makes a technical halt at Entebbe, Uganda pic.twitter.com/VjnImTNfLv

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) July 14, 2016

Some more pics from #SankatMochan pic.twitter.com/xoQLJ5vgQO

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) July 14, 2016

Indian Blue Berets are already in South Sudan as part of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to lend a helping hand in the evacuation effort.

At least 36,000 South Sudanese civilians have run away from their homes due to the harsh conditions, United Nations (UN) said.

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