180 Stranded Migrants from Andaman to Return Home by Air

Bhubaneswar : Odisha people stranded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands due to COVID-19 lockdown will be brought back to home state by a special flight today, a release stated.

Total 180 persons have boarded Air Asia special flight at Port Blair in the morning. The flight is scheduled to land at 12.50 pm at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar.

Worth mentioning, Odisha Government has undertaken a mission to safely bring back all the migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country. More than 3 lakh migrant workers have been brought to Odisha by Shramik Specials and many have returned by buses.

The mission will continue till all migrant workers return to the State safely, the release stated.