3,400 return to Mumbai under Vande Bharat

MUMBAI: Over 3,400 stranded Indians have returned to Mumbai by 26 flights so far, under Vande Bharat mission, while six more repatriation flights are expected till June 7, according to state government officials.
A total of 3,459 passengers have returned to Mumbai from UK, Singapore, Philippines, US, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kuwait, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Oman, South Africa, Indonesia, Netherlands, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Tanzania by 26 flights, under Vande Bharat initiative, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Officials said 1,137 of them were Mumbai residents, while 1,572 were from other parts of Maharashtra and 750 from other states.