Ukraine Evacuation: BMC to Provide Free COVID Testing, Other Services to Students Arriving in Mumbai

The first evacuation flight carrying 219 passengers from Ukraine, has landed in Maharashtra's Mumbai.

Mumbai: As India makes all efforts for evacuation of its citizens from war-hit Ukraine, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has announced to provide free services to all the students returning on Air India flights, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Saturday. “BMC will provide free services to all the students returning from Ukraine today. We will provide them free Covid testing, vaccines, food and all other facilities,” Pednekar told news agency ANI.

The first evacuation flight carrying 219 passengers from Ukraine, landed in Maharashtra’s Mumbai on Saturday evening, reported ANI. The plane had taken off from the Romanian capital Bucharest this afternoon. Ukraine shut its airspace two days ago after Russia’s aggression, leaving thousands of Indians, mostly students, stranded in Ukraine.

Regarding the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said we are making progress, adding that government teams are working on the ground round the clock. “I am personally monitoring. The first flight to Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals has taken off from Romania,” he added.

(With inputs from ANI)