Op Samudra Setu: INS Jalashwa reaches Tuticorin port carrying 700 Indians from Maldives

As part of Operation Samudra Setu under Vande Bharat Mission, Indian naval ship INS Jalashwa reached Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning, bringing back 700 Indian nationals stranded in the Maldives amid Covid-19 outbreak.

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu): Indian naval ship INS Jalashwa reached Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning, bringing back 700 Indian nationals stranded in the Maldives amid Covid-19 outbreak.

This is the fourth round of evacuation of Indian nationals by the amphibious vessel which arrived at the anchorage on the night June 4 alongside berth in Port of Male, Maldives as part of Operation Samudra Setu under Vande Bharat Mission

The repatriation exercise was facilitated by the Indian High Commission in Male, in coordination with Maldivian authorities.

Last month, the INS Jalshwa sailed twice and INS Magar once from Male to bring around 1,500 Indians back to Kochi.

INS Jalashwa had also brought 685 people from Sri Lanka to Tuticorin last week as part of the evacuation operation.