OPERATION GANGA, MOST CHALLENGING EVACUATION OP IN UKRAINE: ANOTHER FEATHER IN INDIA’S CA

New Delhi [India]: Operation Ganga to evacuate Indians from Ukraine amid Russian military operations is another feather in India’s cap regarding the most challenging evacuation operations carried out by New Delhi so far.

This comes after more than 18,000 Indians have been safely evacuated back to their home country via special flights over the last week, reported Vietnam times.

Under Operation Ganga, India so far has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from the northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy.

An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday, they said.

India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 students evacuated from Sumy.

According to the details shared by the students, the first flight was for first, second and third-year students.

The second flight is for fourth and fifth-year students and the third is for those with pets, fifth and sixth-year students and for any other who may have been left behind, they said.

The Indian government is carrying out a challenging evacuation exercise under Operation Ganga to help stranded Indians leave Ukraine.