MUMBAI: Another 183 Indians, largely students, arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Saturday after flying from Budapest through Kuwait on an Air India Express flight.
There are a maximum of 40 people from Kerala aboard aircraft IX-1603, as well as 36 people from Andhra Pradesh, 30 people from Telangana, 28 people from Tamil Nadu, and 11 people from Maharashtra.
Bihar has eight people, Punjab has seven, West Bengal has five, Haryana has five, Uttar Pradesh has three, Karnataka has two, Rajasthan has two, and Odisha has one. Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh each have one.
Following the Covid-19 guidelines, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport officials took special measures to expedite the exit and luggage clearance of Ukraine evacuees.
Later, representatives from several states took care of their citizens to assist them with housing, boarding, and continuing travel plans by train or flight.
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