Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, who handles the Non-Resident Gujarati (NRG) division of the state government, welcomed these Indians at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport upon their arrival in Ahmedabad from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on a special flight, said the official.

These 231 Indians included 208 Gujarat residents, 13 from Punjab and 10 from Rajasthan, the official said.

Under ‘Operation Kaveri’, India has been taking its citizens in buses from the conflict zones of Khartoum and other troubled areas to Port Sudan from where they are being taken to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Indian Air Force’s heavy-lift transport aircraft and Indian Navy’s ships.

From Jeddah, the Indians are being brought back home on either commercial flights or IAF aircraft.

India has set up separate control rooms in Jeddah, Port Sudan and the Indian embassy in Khartoum has been coordinating with them besides being in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs’ headquarters in Delhi.

Sudan has been witnessing deadly fighting between the country’s army and a paramilitary group that has reportedly left around 400 people dead.

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