Mission Accomplished. The government is looking to wrap up Operation Raahat with almost all the estimated 4000 Indians in Yemen evacuated safely from the war zone.
The Indian Navy's INS Tarkash reached Djibouti from Al Hodeidah with 74 people this morning and the INS Sumitra has reached Al Hodeidah, to ferry out one of the last batches. Air India will run its last evacuation flights from Yemeni capital Sana'a and the government has asked all Indians who want to leave to reach the capital.
On Monday, India rescued more than 1,000 people by plane and ship, the second time in two days that such a large number have been brought out since Saudi Arabia launched air strikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 26. India has been asked by 26 nations - including the United States - to help get their citizens out of the conflict zone.
The crew emptied five messes and their cabins so that women and children got bunks to sleep on. Hot food was served and doctors were at hand.
While the Navy has ferried people across the Red Sea to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the Indian Air Force has been flying the Indians back home on C 17 Globemasters.
Sabah Shawesh and her eight-month-old baby Ryan are back home in Mumbai now. "I am so much thankful to her and to all her incredible team who did the whole process of evacuation," Sabah said.
11 Indians who were evacuated by the Pakistan Navy's Aslat from Yemen's southeastern city of Mukallah reached Karachi and are expected to return home today.
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