India allowed to land evacuation planes in Libya

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New Delhi: India has been allowed by Libya to fly in special planes to collect Indian citizens. Currently 18,000 Indians are in Libya - if they want to leave the country, India will assist them with special ships and planes.

From tomorrow till February 7, India can land two planes a day in Tripoli for its evacuation operations. However, government sources say that moving citizens to the airport can be tricky since Tripoli is highly volatile currently. Col Muammar Gadaffi's forces are using brutal force against protestors in clashes every day.

India is also moving three navy ships to Benghazi, which is where the revolt against Mr Gadaffi began. From Benghazi, ships will transport Indians to Alexandria in Egypt. Special Air India flights will then bring them home.

The government has clarified that citizens do not have to pay for their evacuation. A statement today from the Ministry of External Affairs stresses :

"It has come to notice that some unscrupulous elements are asking for payments/handling charges/facilitation fee etc., for arranging evacuation of Indian nationals, through the Embassy of India in Libya. These activities are completely illegal and individuals engaged in them should be immediately reported to the law enforcement authorities."


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[subject17]

already 2 people died from my state.

 

[blackops]

already 2 people died from my state. [un should send it peace keeping force in there high time

 

[shaktiman2010]

Libya is a sovereign state. UN can't jump into it unless UNSC passes some kind of resolution agreed by top 5 powers.

And I don't think Libya has enough Oil to make it interesting destination for these powers.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Would've liked to see at-least 6000 Indians to be evacuated in one go and thus,was hoping for more passenger carrying vessels but AI to the rescue(I guess!!!!)Hope they provide the stranded Indians adequate service and not harass them for GADHA-fi cash.............

 

[SQ8]

With a civil war underway.. and parts of the army rebelling..
It seems egypt was just a cake walk.

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Good news...! I hope Thousands of my countrymen will get evacuated from the troubled state as soon as possible.....I hope all Indians reach there motherland safely...:|

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

With a civil war underway.. and parts of the army rebelling..
It seems egypt was just a cake walk.

But I feel that there is going to be a lot more blood to be shed by the Libyans till their persistent dick-tator is ousted.........!!!

 

[angeldemon_007]

I hope you won't be posting each and every development in Libya in the form of a separate thread.