New Delhi (NVI): For the past three weeks, the cafeteria at German Embassy in Delhi has transformed into an ‘Evacuation Situation Room’ where a small team from the country is operating on a 24*7 basis to make sure that their nationals stranded in India are flown back home safely.
German Ambassador to India, Walter J Linder shared pictures of the cafeteria while lauding the hard work and efforts being put by the German officials at the embassy amid coronavirus pandemic.
“Update: for past 3 weeks, this Emb cafeteria (transformed into our EvacSituatRoom) has been the 24/7 home for fabulous evac team (same 4 consulates). 3000 stranded travelers already back home. No time for rest: airborne today 11th flight (Chennai), and 12th on Sunday (Goa/Mumbai),” the German envoy tweeted.
Update: for past 3 weeks, this Emb cafeteria (transformed into our EvacSituatRoom) has been the 24/7 home for fabulous evac team (same 4 consulates). 3000 stranded travelers already back home. No time for rest: airborne today 11th flight (Chennai), and 12th on Sunday (Goa/Mumbai) pic.twitter.com/Di3rbw5d6Y
— Walter J. Lindner (@AmbLindnerIndia) April 3, 2020
So far, 3000 Germans stranded at many places in India have been flown back home. The 11th evacuation flight operated from Chennai today and a 12th flight is scheduled on Sunday which will airlift German nationals from Goa and Mumbai.
Yesterday, over 600 Germans were evacuated from India on the 9th and 10th such flights. The first repatriation flight was operated by Lufthansa Airlines from Delhi to Frankfurt which flew back over 500 stranded Germans on March 26.
Amid the global Covid-19 crisis, many countries have imposed travel bans and closed their borders while airlifting stranded nationals from different parts of the world.
