Operation Kaveri | India evacuates 278 civilians from Sudan
Operation Kaveri
India has evacuated 278 citizens from conflict-torn Sudan. The first batch of stranded Indians departed Port Sudan for Jeddah onboard INS Sumedha, as per a tweet by the nation's MinistryofExternal Affairs spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi.
In Sudan, recent days have seen the eruption of a power struggle between rival factions,the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by GeneralAbdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, led by GeneralMohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The fighting which began onApril 15 and has killed at least 427 people, knocked out hospitals and other services, and has turned residential areas of the African nation into war zones.
The evacuations happened as fighting abated overnight after the army and a rival paramilitary force agreed to a 72-hour truce. However, as per Reuters, a witness said gunfire could be heard on Tuesday even as Arab, Asian and Western nations were racing to extract their citizens from the country.
Operation Kaveri was launched by the government of India on Monday. Under it, India aims to evacuate close to 3,000 Indian citizens stranded in Sudan.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing the operation at a public event in Kerala, said that he has instructed junior external affairs minister V Muraleedharan to travel to the region to supervise Operation Kaveri.
While addressing the Yuvam Conclave in Kochi, he said, "Due to the civil war in Sudan, many of our people are stuck there. Therefore, we have started Operation Kaveri to bring them safely. It is being overseen by the son of Kerala and the Minister of our government, Muraleedharan."
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan announced that he will be leaving for Jeddah to oversee rescue efforts in Sudan.
Muraleedharan tweeted, "Express my profound gratitude to Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji for making me part of the #OperationKaveri to bring back stranded Indians safely from Sudan. As guided by Hon'ble PM, I will be leaving for Jeddah shortly to oversee our rescue efforts."
As per an ANI report, the operation's name was chosen along the same lines as 'Operation Ganga,' under which the country evacuated stranded Indian citizens from Ukraine as Russia launched a "special military operation" against Kyiv.
The news agency quoted an anonymous top source as saying that the operation was named so as "Rivers reach their destination irrespective of barriers. It's like a mother who will ensure she will bring her children back to safety."
(With inputs from agencies)
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