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The government’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from war-torn Sudan has brought relief to families of an estimated 181 members of Karnataka’s Hakki-Pikki tribe stuck in the African nation, most of them from Davanagere, Shivamogga, and Mysuru districts.
Devaraj, a resident of Pakshirajapura, in Mysuru district’s Hunsur taluk, who has relatives stuck at Al Fashir in Sudan, said he got information from his father that the Indian embassy there will send a bus to rescue them from Al Fashir to Port Sudan, from where they will be evacuated to India.
“This evening (Monday), I spoke to my father, who is in El Feshir (capital of North Darfur province), along with 36 other members of our community. He said they have got communication that a bus will take them to Port Sudan on Tuesday morning. From there, the Indian Army will bring them back home (India),” a “happy and relieved” Devaraj said.
P S Nanjunda Swamy, state president of Karnataka Adivasi Budakattu Hakki Pikki Jananga, said they are continuously in touch with Mysuru Deputy Commissioner and are “happy” to know about the rescue operation.
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