OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU: INS JALASHWA BRINGS BACK 687 INDIAN CITIZENS FROM IRAN

OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU: INS Jalashwa brings back 687 Indian Citizens from Iran, INS Jalashwa, conveyed by the Indian Navy for "Activity Samudra Setu", entered Tuticorin harbor early morning today, 01 Jul 2020 with 687 Indian nationals left from Bandar Abbas, Iran. Up to this point Indian Navy ships have brought back 920 Indian residents from Iran. 

The embarkation of Indian nationals was encouraged by the Indian Mission in Iran. Staff were set out installed subsequent to doing imperative clinical screening. COVID related security conventions were additionally carefully clung to during the ocean section. 

The evacuees were gotten by nearby specialists at Tuticorin and plans were set up for expedient disembarkation, wellbeing screening, movement and transportation of the evacuees. 

With this clearing, the Indian Navy has now repatriated 3992 Indian nationals from Maldives, Sri Lanka and Iran during the progressing pandemic.