: Five people of Kendrapada district returned to their native villages from the conflict-hit Sudan on Tuesday under the "Operation Kaveri. '' They reached at Bangalore Airport and from there they reached their villages with support from former Congress MLA of RajnagarAnshumanMohanty.
The locals and family members thanked the Indian Government and former local MLA AnshumanMohanty for taking steps to bring them home.
Meanwhile, three other persons of the district, who returned from the conflict- hit Sudan, were in Covid quarantine camp at Bangalore and Delhi Airport. The ones who returned from Sudan were identified as Himanshu Rout, SarojBal of Mathasahi in Srirampur, Debaraj Rout of Santapada, BijayNayak of Bantapatana under Pattamundai block and SibaprasadBarik of Manikapatana under Aul block. ManoranjanSahoo of Bilikana and SahadevNayak of Mathasahi under Srirampur were in Covid quarantine centre at Bangalore Airport and Pradeep Rout of Baliajodi was in quarantine centre at Delhi Airport,informed former MLA Mohanty.
According to Himanshu Rout, about one and a half years back they had gone to Sudan and were working in a cigarette company “AfrraGutukha.” They were staying in Khartoum -3 city by getting a salary amount ofRs 45,000 per month.While sharing the horrifying tale of the dangerous conflict, Rout stated that there were about eight Odias in a group in Sudan. Since disputes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces escalated into a conflict on April 15, Sudan’s capital city Khartoum turned into a war zone and life became a hell.
“There were explosions all around in front of our company. We were so terrified that we couldn’t sleep properly for some days and hardly ate anything amid the scary scenes near our camp. Drinking water crisis along with power cuts made life miserable amid the 24- hour bombardment and firing. We left the area on last April 28 and came 800 km by bus in the violence- hit zone by risking our life amid the firing of bullets and explosions. Later, we reached the Indian Embassy camp. We boarded a ship and reached Saudi Arabia. Later, we came to India by air on May 2,” narrated Himanshu.