Bengaluru, May 22: Evacuation planes from Male in Maldives and Doha in Qatar landed in Bengaluru with returnees from Karnataka after they were stranded for two months due to suspension of international flights since March 23 and the extended lockdown, an official said on Friday.
"An Air-India flight (#0266) with 152 passengers from Male and its subsidiary Express flight (IX-0822) with 177 returnees and 5 infants from Doha landed here safely at 6.50 pm. and 9.05 pm respectively," an airline official told media persons in Bengaluru.
Both the flights are first from their respective countries to Bengaluru, bringing in returnees to the southern state in the second phase of the Vande Bharat mission, being carried out to evacuate Indians stranded the world over.
"As per the standard operating procedure and guidelines of the state health department, all the passengers were screened with thermal device and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic before leaving the airport," a nodal officer said.
The returnees were given a spare mask to wear all the time and a sanitiser to wash their hands.
"The luggage of all passengers was screened and disinfected before handing over to them after they completed formalities such as filling the self-declaration form and downloading of the Quarantine App for contact tracing later,” said the official.
The passengers were ferried from the airport in state-run buses in batches for 14-day institutional quarantine in hotels and resorts across the city.
The flights were the 6th and 7th flights to Karnataka, of the national carrier and its Express arm, which are operating the service to repatriate thousands of Indians, including distressed workers, migrants, students, senior citizens and tourists, stranded overseas.
Five flights have flown about 650 returnees till date from May 18-21 under the mission's second phase to Bengaluru and Mangaluru on the west coast. The passengers have been brought from Dubai in the UAE, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Muscat in Oman, Dammam in Saudi Arabia and San Francisco in the US.
The remaining flights to Karnataka will land in Bengaluru and Mangaluru over the next 12 days till June 3 from 9-10 more destinations the world over.
In the first phase of the mission from May 7-17, the airline and its arm flew 6 flights to the state from May 11-15, bringing in 800 passengers, including 623 to Bengaluru and 177 to Mangaluru from London, Singapore, San Francisco and Dubai.
Mangaluru, Jul 23: It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Fathima Hamza, who is one of a very few persons from coastal Karnataka to crack the coveted chartered accountancy final exam in their first attempt.
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Masha Allah
Congratulatuions Sister Fathima all the very best for your future.
Mabrook Fathima Keep it up
Mash Allah , Great Job Done By Fathima and one of the toughest Job on earth is Indian CA, Great Fathima you made Muslim Community Proud .
Masha Allaha,,, Good Achivement.. keep it up.. sis.
I think he is talking about His own Party.
KESARU = RSS, KAMALA = BJP
Great achievements fathima hamza congratulations, let fulfill your future studying dream Masha allah.
Sudhar Javo Naren. Dont waste your valuable life. Be clean minded and clean hearted. Pray for your right guidance from Almighty God.
Ma Sha Allah Sister.. May Allah bless you in all your future steps..
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Congratulations fatima .may Allah bless you in good health and knowledge
kesarinalli kamala...
Masha Allah alf mabrook. Excellent performance.keep it up
Fathima ,you made your parents ,family and our community proud.
you made us BWF very proud, and myself and on behalf of BWF congratulations for your bright future. Let All your hopes and dreams be fulfilled
Masha Allha.. congratulations..
ALHAMDULILLAH. ALF MABROOK AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MS.FATHIMA HAMZA, & HER PARENTS MR.HAMZA ABDUL KHADER & MRS.ZAINAB MUMTAZ & THE WHOLE FAMILY., WHO ARE CLOSELY KNOWN TO ME AND MY FAMILY. IT IS A VERY GLAD NEWS TO HERE ABOUT THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF PASSING OUT HER CA EXAM IN FIRST ATTEMPT, MASHA ALLAH. IT IS CLEARLY EVIDENT HERE ABOUT HER DEDICATION, COMMITTMENT, HARDWORK & FOCUS ON THE SUBJECT, WHICH GAVE HER SUCCESSFUL RESULT. OFCOURSE, PROPER GUIDANCE AND UPBRINGING BY HER PARENTS. MAY ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS HER & HER PARENTS & FAMILY WITH HIS MERCIFUL AND BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS AND ALSO A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL FUTURE FOR HER, AAMEEN.
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