New Delhi (NVI): About 30,000 Indians will return from 31 countries on 149 flights in phase-II of the exercise to bring home those stranded abroad, according to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
The Phase-II from May 16 to 22 will cover countries like the US, Australia, France, Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, Tajikistan, Thailand & Ukraine.
People will be allowed to board the flights, including feeder flights in the destination countries and within India, only after thorough screening and only if they are asymptomatic for Covid-19.
During the first phase of the exercise which will end on May 15, a total of 64 flights operated to and fro 12 countries to bring home some 15,000 people.
