Four students from Iran, two from Israel arrive in Hyderabad as conflict escalates in West Asia
Hyderabad: Six students from Telangana were among those who landed in Delhi from Iran and Israel on Sunday night. While four were from Iran, the other two were from Israel.
Telangana Bhavan officials said that all the six Telangana students reached Hyderabad early on Monday.
All of them had pre-booked their onward flights to Hyderabad and were seen off by Telangana Bhavan staff at 5.30 am from Delhi.
'We are expecting seven more people from Telangana to arrive in New Delhi. These individuals successfully crossed over from Israel to Amman, Jordan, and are scheduled to reach India,' a Telangana Bhavan official in Delhi said.
Reports from Israel said Indian citizens in different cities were first shifted to Tel Aviv and from there taken in a bus to Jordan to be flown to India.
Those intending to return to India were asked to fill a form and arrangements were made to take them on the bus to Jordan. As many as 162 Indians have been evacuated from Israel and transported to Amman, Jordan. Union minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita said that in a couple of days all of them will be evacuated to India.
Under 'Operation Sindhu' taken up by the govt, 285 Indians were brought back on a special flight from Mashhad in Iran.
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The evacuation flight landed in New Delhi at 11.30 pm on Sunday.
'With this, 1,713 Indians have been brought home from Iran,' MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaisal said.
Telangana Bhavan officials said that following directions from chief minister A Revanth Reddy, the state govt was actively monitoring situation in West Asia and extending all support to people from the state in the affected regions. Officials said that several people from Telangana were stranded in Israel and facing delays due to temporary closure of Israeli airspace. Despite these disruptions, the govt of Telangana was in constant coordination with the MEA, Indian embassies and other authorities, officials said.
People were also advised to stay in touch with official channels and avoid relying on unverified information.
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