BANGKOK, May 21 (TNA) – A special flight of Air India
arranged by the Government of India departed for Delhi from Suvarnabhumi
International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, carrying 236
Indian nationals who were stranded in Thailand due to the closure of
international air travel in the wake of COVID-19
pandemic.
This is the first special flight arranged by the Government
of India to repatriate stranded Indian nationals from Thailand as part of the
Vande Bharat Mission.
The Indian nationals were stranded in different parts of
Thailand including Phuket, Krabi, Pattaya and Chiang Mai, besides Bangkok. The Embassy arranged for special buses to
bring the stranded Indian nationals from Phuket and Pattaya.
Ambassador of India, Mrs. Suchitra Durai, accompanied by
Embassy officials, greeted and interacted with the passengers at the
Suvarnabhumi airport before seeing them off.
Vandhe Bharat mission is the massive repatriation operation
planned by the Indian government to bring back stranded Indians in different
parts of the world in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.(TNA)
