Vande Bharat mission: 149 people return from Kuwait
Tirupati: As part of the Vande Bharat mission to bring back Indian nationals stranded in various countries, 149 people arrived at Tirupati airport from Kuwait in an Air India flight in the early hours of Friday.
Chittoor district joint collector Veera Brahmam told reporters that the Air India flight from Kuwait had 150 passengers on board, of which one passenger disembarked at RGI airport in Hyderabad on Thursday evening.
The flight reached Tirupati at 1.50 am on Friday after immigration formalities of all passengers were completed. Officials who carried out the fever survey of 149 passengers also helped them download the Arogya Setu mobile app.
While seven passengers from Chittoor, one from Tamil Nadu, two from Anantapur and one from Kurnool were sent in a special bus to a quarantine facility near Tirupati, 116 passengers from Kadapa district were sent to quarantine facilities in Kadapa in special buses. Twenty-two passengers, including six from East Godavari, five from West Godavari, one from Krishna, six from Nellore and four from Visakhapatnam were also sent to quarantine facilities in their respective districts in special buses.
While seven passengers from Chittoor, one from Tamil Nadu, two from Anantapur and one from Kurnool were sent in a special bus to a quarantine facility near Tirupati, 116 passengers from Kadapa district were sent to quarantine facilities in Kadapa in special buses. Twenty-two passengers, including six from East Godavari, five from West Godavari, one from Krishna, six from Nellore and four from Visakhapatnam were also sent to quarantine facilities in their respective districts in special buses.
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