14 special flights will bring home more than 2000 Indian nationals from Gulf countries under Vande Bharat Mission today. Eight flights are scheduled from the UAE. Six flights will take off from Dubai to Kochi, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa, and Gaya. Two flights are scheduled from Abu Dhabi, one to Kochi and the other to Kannur. From Saudi Arabia, there are two flights. Riyadh to Lucknow and Dammam to Gaya via Delhi. Kuwait has one flight for Thiruvananthapuram and Bahrain has one flight to Kochi. Muscat has two flights to Kozhikode and Kannur. Yesterday, approximately 2500 stranded Indians were brought home by special flights from Gulf countries. Priority is being given to distressed workers, stranded tourists, pregnant women, medical emergency cases and senior citizens.
