Vande Bharat Mission: Stranded Indians in Japan arrive at Narita Airport

As Vande Bharat Mission is in full swing, Indians stranded in Japan started arriving at Narita Airport on Monday. passengers will board Tokyo-Delhi repatriation flight as a part of phase II of Vande Bharat Mission.  repatriation flight will carry 239 Indians from 22 Indian states. 

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Indian ambassor interacts with passengers

Indian Ambassor to Japan Sanjay Kumar Verma interacted with passengers waiting to board flight and vised m about safety rms. In dition, he also spoke to flight crew. 

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Verma also thanked Ministry of External Affairs and stakeholders for ir assistance. Indian ambassor also stated that more Indians will be evacuated in coming days. 

"se passengers represent over 22 Indian states. I would like to thank Ministry of External Affairs and all stake holders for facilitating ir travel. re was a lot of anxiety among Indian nationals who were stranded here. We are looking forwards to more flights"

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Relieved passengers interacting with embassy officials thanked embassy and Indian officials for swift assistance. Here's what some of m stated: 

" embassy has helped a lot and I'm happy to go home." said a passenger hailing from Srinagar, Kashmir. 

"I am thankful to Indian Embassy and Ministry of External Affairs for this flight." said an engineer.

India Targets To Bring Back 100,000 Passengers By End Of Phase II

Meanwhile,  Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that India targets to bring back 100,000 passengers from 60 countries by end of Phase II of Vande Bharat Mission and planning for third phase is well underway.

"Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) is in full swing. Phase I has been successfully completed from May 7 - May 16 during which 16,716 stranded Indians returned. We are in Phase II of VBM from May 17 - June 13," said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava.

As of Thursday, 45,216 Indians have returned. se include 8,069 migrant workers, 7,656 students and 5,107 professionals.

"About 5000 Indians have returned through land border immigration checkpoints from Nepal and Banglesh. A total number of 3,08,200 persons have registered ir request with our Missions abro for repatriation to India on compelling grounds," spokesperson said.

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