NUR-SULTAN / ex ASTANA (KazInform) — A special Air India flight number AI1950 took off today from Karaganda airport for Delhi and Jaipur, evacuating 143 Indians from Kazakhstan.

India’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, Prabhat Kumar, said his embassy had registered about 3,400 Indians for evacuation from Kazakhstan.

The Ambassador said:

There will be seven special flights in total from Karaganda, Almaty and Nur-Sultan evacuating around 1,000 Indians under Vande Bharat Mission. The rest of the registered Indians will be evacuated in the next phase of the Mission. Embassy has also requested permission for chartered flights from Atyrau and Nur-Sultan cities for evacuation of Indian workers. We thank Ministry of External Affairs of India, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Airport Authorities of Karaganda, Almaty, Atyrau and Nur-Sultan for supporting the evacuation. We also thank Ministry of Home Affairs of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation of India and Air India to make this evacuation exercise successful. We are also thankful to the local staff and Indian officers involved in the evacuation procedure.