All the passengers had been screened and examined for COVID-19 on theChennai Airport.
Over 350 Indians had been introduced again to the nation in two particular Air India flights from the UAE late on Friday.
The particular Air India Express plane with 356 Indian nationals, together with three infants, landed in Chennai round midnight, they added. All the passengers had been screened and examined for COVID-19 on their arrival on the Chennai International Airport.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed the event in a tweet.
Glad to welcome returning Indians frm Dubai.Two AI Express flights hv arrived in Chennai tonight carrying 356 folks.
Thank @airindiain, @MOCA_GOI, Bureau of Immigration& Tamil Nadu Govt for assist&cooperation.
Great work by Team @cgidubai led by CG Vipul#VandeBharatMission
– Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 8, 2020
They had been later positioned below quarantine as per the rules.
Passengers have been supplied the choice of free authorities quarantine or a paid lodge quarantine, authorities officers mentioned.
The Indian expatriate neighborhood of roughly 3.42 million is reportedly the biggest ethnic neighborhood within the UAE constituting roughly about 30 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants, in response to data accessible on the Indian embassy web site.
The Indian returnees have been short-listed from a database of greater than 2,00,00Zero candidates, who embody round 6,500 pregnant girls, information company Press Trust of India quoted Neeraj Agrawal, Consul, Press, Information and Culture on the Indian consulate in Dubai, as saying.
Air India will function 64 flights between May 7 and May 13 below the large repatriation programme to carry again round 15,000 Indian nationals stranded overseas as a result of lockdown.
India imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the unfold of the coronavirus within the nation, grounding all worldwide flights since mid-March. Under the repatriation plan, the federal government will likely be facilitating the return of Indian nationals stranded overseas on compelling grounds in a phased method.
With inputs from PTI
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