Operation Sankat Mochan (India)

For relief operation following April 2015 Nepal earthquake, see Operation Sankat Mochan.

Operation Sankat Mochan
Part of South Sudanese Civil War
Operational scopeHumanitarian relief
Planned byIndian Armed Forces and Ministry of External Affairs
Commanded byGeneral V K Singh
ObjectiveEvacuation of Indian citizens from South Sudan
Date14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) – ongoing
Executed byIndian Air Force

Operation Sankat Mochan (Hindi: संकट मोचन lit. crisis redemption) was an operation of the Indian Air Force to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan during the South Sudanese Civil War. The operation was carried out in view of 2016 Juba clashes.[1]

Background

There were around 600 Indians in South Sudan; around 450 in Juba and others elsewhere in the country.[1]

Operation

Two C-17 Globemasters of the Indian Air Force were deployed to evacuate. The first flight left Juba on 15 July (South Sudan Time) carrying 143 individuals including 10 women and 3 infants. It landed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 16 July.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sankat Mochan: First aircraft with evacuated people from Juba to land in Kerala tomorrow". The Indian Express. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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