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As part of the Vande Bharat Mission, an Air India flight with around 200 Indians from Sharjah will take off for Lucknow today. Stranded workers, pregnant women and many others who are waiting to go home are getting the formalities completed at the Sharjah airport to board the flight to Lucknow.
On Friday, 200 Indian workers who had lost their jobs and were in dire straits, flew home to Chennai. Air India Express flights repatriated over 360 distressed Indians on the second day of what is being called the largest repatriation effort in modern history. A total of 37 pregnant women and 42 medically ailing passengers were on the flight, according to the Consulate General of India in Dubai.
The Indian government on Monday had announced plans to begin phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad from May 7.
Khaleej Times journalists track the historic Vande Bharat Mission:
3:50pm
Crew of the Air India flight from Sharjah to Lucknow give a thumbs up as the Indians who are repatriating starts boarding .
Crew of the Air India flight from Sharjah to Lucknow give a thumbs up as the Indians who are repatriating starts boarding . 180 Indians will be flying back to India #VandeBharatMission pic.twitter.com/Uu7RrZUH363:20pm
- DD News (@DDNewslive) May 9, 2020
Boarding started to Air India Express Flight to Lucknow..we shd not forget great service of our national carrier Air India/Express, crew and ground handling staff for their unparalleled devotion in this Mission. @airindiain @MEAIndia @MoCA_GoI #VandeBharatMission @IndembAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/CYhZEx7nV23:00pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
Distressed workers, pregnant women and many others who are waiting to go home are getting the formalities completed at the Sharjah airport to board the flight to Lucknow. Vande Bharat Mission indeed has come as a boon for those in distress abroad pic.twitter.com/VKlSkhw3te2:27pm
- DD News (@DDNewslive) May 9, 2020
Story of Maya from Maharajganj who was in Consulate shelter..we provided ticket and her stay in Consulate till her departure to Lucknow. Happy she will be with her family again.@MEAIndia @IndembAbuDhabi #VandeBharatMission @DDIndialive @airindiain pic.twitter.com/1Pzsgpg9zf2:25pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
CG Vipul interacting with one stranded labourer in distress without job..we understand their pain. But we are happy to assist our fellow Indians in time of their grief. 180 pax and 2 infants on board to Lucknow today @MEAIndia #VandeMataram @IndembAbuDhabi @DDIndialive pic.twitter.com/jvaDLFE3in2:25pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
Checkins for Lucknow flight are completed. 180 pax and 2 infants on board. Of these more than 100 are workers, 8 pregnant women, 19 medical cases, 10 elderly, 2 students and others.1:30pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
There are few waitlisted passengers at airport. We are ensuring no seat should go empty in case of no show or medical issue. CGI officials guiding them and assisting others in completion of formalities @MEAIndia #VandeBharatMission @IndembAbuDhabi @DDIndialive pic.twitter.com/Bvkc2CddgM1:10pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Sharad Avasthi and his wife are heaving a sigh of relief as they go back to their hometown Lucknow. Live blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/FyHbzAO78N12:40pm
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Priyanka Jaiswal is optimistic that she will return to the UAE. Hailing from Varanasi, she had barely worked for 10 months at a beach resort in RAK when she had to leave. Blog: https://t.co/bvkEySVBWf12:35pm
#MissionVandeBharat |@IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/4KSqxiv2TT
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
TEAMWORK - Sharjah authorities made the flight to Lucknow possible, together with Air India and Consulate officials. Thank you all. pic.twitter.com/pbqypEWBxr12:05pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
Our heartfelt appreciation to frontline workers from Sharjah Airport Medical And Sharjah Health Authorities for great service to Indian nationals echoing great relations btwn Emirate of Sharjah, Govt of UAE and India @sharjahairport @IndembAbuDhabi #VandeBharatMission @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/09iSJdNvxu12:05pm
- India in Dubai (@cgidubai) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Shehzab Khan, along with his parents, came to #UAE to visit his sister. The situation got worse when his father, who suffers from hypertension, fell severely ill. Blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/RxaIEbEyXs11:44am
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Sunil Kushvaha, a carpenter, arrived here looking for a job. He says he paid Rs55,000 to an agent to get in #UAE. But all his hopes have been dashed and the money gone down the drain.11:44am
Blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#MissionVandeBharat @IndembAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/XkXXUNTHBj
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Passengers undergoing medical screening at the check-in area of Sharjah airport. Photos by @cgidubai11:36am
Live blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP
#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat @IndembAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/tRDQANAkRt
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Shiv Pandey is accompanying his pregnant wife, and his two children, who are headed to Lucknow from Sharjah. "We are looking forward to getting back home at the earliest." Blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#MissionVandeBharat|@IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/dcD2rzb2Zk11:05am
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: #RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Vandana Cecil is desperate to get back to her hometown now. Her mother is a cancer patient and she is counting hours before she can be with her mother. https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat pic.twitter.com/dcJ8HIXWu010:55am
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Sunil Kumar had come to the #UAE in December 2019 to look for a job. He is leaving for Lucknow as he has run out of money.10:45m
Bog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/ZrwtQ2rsC3
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Sandeep Singh along with his wife and 18 months old son is forced to leave the #UAE for good. He used to work as a software engineer earlier: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/aShQ3E9W1k10:33am
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: Passengers have started arriving at #Sharjah Airport. (Video by Neeraj Murali/KT)10: 20am
UAE-India repatriation Day 3 blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/eNSfmF6Cbk
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#RepatriationFlightsToIndia: An Air India flight with around 200 Indians from #Sharjah will leave for #Lucknow today.10: 15am
Live blog: https://t.co/bvkEyTddkP
Video by Neeraj Murali/KT#VandeBharatMission #MissionVandeBharat | @IndembAbuDhabi | @cgidubai pic.twitter.com/fdv98ZpBlv
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
#UAE-#India repatriation Day 3: Around 200 passengers to fly out of #Sharjah to #Lucknow todayhttps://t.co/ESIvWFfiu0#MissionVandeBharat #VandeBharatMission pic.twitter.com/95faBkBSTF
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) May 9, 2020
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