The Indian Government confirmed on today that 170 Indians have been evacuated from the Hurricane Irma-hit Sint Maarten and has been brought to the Caribbean Island of Curacao by the special flights.
Indian External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj also clarified that the Indian Envoy in Venezuela, Rahul Srivastava informed the government that 60 other Indians have also been evacuated.
The information was confirmed by a tweet by a External ministry official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.
#IRMA. The spl flight chartered by the Govt of India just arrived in Curaçao with 110 Indian & Indian origin evacuees from Sint Maarten.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 12, 2017
#IRMA #AlwayswithIndiandiaspora. Our Ambassador to Venezuela Sh Rahul Srivastava accompanied the group from Caracas. 2/2
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 12, 2017
Persons evacuated by Gol from St. Maarten arrive in Curaçao @SushmaSwaraj @Gen_VKSingh @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/3rv7R1T8TI
— India in Venezuela (@IndiaVenezuela) September 12, 2017
Indian community in Curaçao receiving those evacuated from Sint Maarten. pic.twitter.com/pwEP1Cm4LJ
— India in Venezuela (@IndiaVenezuela) September 13, 2017
First group of Indians & persons of Indian origin evacuated from St Maarten. @SushmaSwaraj @Gen_VKSingh @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/x9XtHG3jPf
— India in Venezuela (@IndiaVenezuela) September 12, 2017
In other series of tweets Sushma Swaraj also confirmed the news of 60 people evacuated from and landed at Curacao.
12.42 am – Rahul Srivastava @IndiaVenezuela informed that first flight had 110 Indians. They also evacuated 30 other nationals. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 13, 2017
4.27 am – Rahul Srivastava informed that second flight also landed in Curacao with 60 Indians and 30 others from St.Maarten. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 13, 2017
The report has been published in The Economic Times.
Jointly administered by France and Netherlands, Sint Maarten, is being facing the rampage by the Hurricane Irma. The island had also experienced a massive destruction after a landfall last week.
