India revises travel guidelines for Indians being evacuated amid Ukraine crisis
Russia-Ukraine war: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday revised its international travel advisory, providing various exemptions to Indians being evacuated from Ukraine.
As per the fresh guidelines, mandatory pre-boarding negative RTPCR test has been extempted for the Indians. Uploading documents and vaccination certificate before departure on Air-Suvidha Portal has also been exempted.
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In case a traveller is not able to submit a pre-arrival RTPCR test or has not completed their Covid-19 vaccination, they are allowed to submit their samples on arrival with the advice to self-monitor their health for 14 days after arrival in India, the ministry said in a statement.
As of now, 1,156 Indians from Ukraine have arrived in India , yet more than 16000 Indian students still trapped in the country. As the Russian troops broaden their offensive, some are hiding in bunkers, underground parking areas, bomb shelters, etc to save themselves from the ongoing crisis.
Earlier , EAM S Jaishankar informed in a tweet that the sixth flight carrying 240 stranded Indian nationals has departed from Hungary's Budapest for Delhi under Operation Ganga.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sending four Union Ministers to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate evacuations of stranded Indians amid ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, according to government sources.
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Further, the weekend curfew has been lifted in Kiev. The embassy said that Ukraine Railways is putting special trains for evacuations and advised all students to make their way to the railway station for a journey to the western parts.
-PTC News
