- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
By: indiaweekly.biz Staff
OVER 450 Indians, including students, stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran and Italy were brought back by two flights on Sunday (15) and were quarantined at facilities in Delhi and Rajasthan.
A total of 218 Indians, mostly students, from Milan landed at around 9.45am at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and were taken to an ITBP quarantine facility in south-west Delhi.
More than 230 Indians brought back from Iran were quarantined ferried from Delhi in two special flights to Indian Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
The batch from Iran had 131 students and 103 pilgrims, said officials.
India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar had said the government was focusing on evacuating Indians stranded in Iran and Italy, as those countries were facing an “extreme situation”.
The arrival of the 218 Indians, including 211 students, stranded in coronavirus-hit Italy was announced by junior foreign minister V Muraleedharan.
“Air India always spreads its wings to stand by the nation in its hour of need,” an airline spokesperson said soon after the flight from Milan landed here.
An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson said, “All the 218 evacuees from Milan are being taken to our quarantine facility in south west Delhi’s Chhawla area. They will be there for over a fortnight as per quarantine procedures.”
