'Last leg of Operation Ganga': Indian embassy asks Indians still stranded in Ukraine to fill up online form
The details sought in the Google form are name, e-mail, phone number, address of current stay, passport details, gender and age
As part of #OpGanga, the first #IAF C-17 returned to Hindan airbase near Delhi, from Bucharest on 03 March at 1:00 AM carrying 200 passengers, mostly students.Twitter
The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Sunday asked all Indians who are stuck in the conflict-stricken country to fill up an online form with details of their contact and current location on an urgent basis.
"All Indian nationals who still remain in Ukraine are requested to fill up the details contained in the attached Google Form on an URGENT BASIS. Be Safe Be Strong," it said in a tweet.
All Indian nationals who still remain in Ukraine are requested to fill up the details contained in the attached Google Form on an URGENT BASIS .
Be Safe Be Strong @opganga@MEAIndia@PIB_India@DDNewslive@DDNationalhttps://t.co/4BrBuXbVbz
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— India in Ukraine (@IndiainUkraine) March 6, 2022
The details sought in the Google form are name, e-mail, phone number, address of current stay, passport details, gender and age.
In the Google form, the embassy has also asked for indicating the current location of the Indians stranded in Ukraine.
A list of locations has been provided in the form and an option given to select the location from it. The locations mentioned in the online form are Cherkassy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv and Odessa.
The list also includes Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Vinnytsya, Volyn, Zakarpattya, Zaporozhzhya and Zhytomyr.
Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Hungary took to Twitter and asked students staying in their own accommodations to reach the Hungaria City Center in the Hungarian capital Budapest between 10 am and noon.
"Important Announcement: Embassy of India begins its last leg of Operation Ganga flights today. All those students staying in their OWN accommodation (other than arranged by Embassy) are requested to reach @Hungariacitycentre, Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest between 10 am-12 pm," it said.
Important Announcement: Embassy of India begins its last leg of Operation Ganga flights today. All those students staying in their OWN accommodation ( other than arranged by Embassy) are requested to reach @Hungariacitycentre , Rakoczi Ut 90, Budapest between 10 am-12 pm
— Indian Embassy in Hungary (@IndiaInHungary) March 6, 2022
Current status of Operation Ganga
India has been bringing back its nationals from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova after they crossed over to these countries from Ukraine through land border transit points.
Eight flights with over 1,500 Indians will operate from war-torn Ukraine's neighbouring countries to India on Monday, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated on Sunday.
"Under 'Operation Ganga' to rescue Indian citizens, 2,135 Indians have been brought back today (Sunday) by 11 special civilian flights from Ukraine's neighbouring countries," the ministry noted in a statement.
"Tomorrow, eight special flights are expected to operate from Budapest (five), Suceava (two) and Bucharest (one), bringing more than 1,500 Indians back home, it mentioned.
To date, the Indian Air Force has flown 10 sorties to bring back 2,056 passengers while taking 26 tonnes of relief load to these countries as part of 'Operation Ganga'.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Saturday said that over 13,300 Indians were brought back home in 63 flights under evacuation mission "Operation Ganga".
The IAF is conducting its flights using C-17 military transport planes. The civilian flight are being operated by Indian carriers such as IndiGo, Air India, Vistara and SpiceJet.
With input from PTI
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