Odisha people stranded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands due to the lockdown were brought back home by a special flight on Monday.
Total 180 persons boarded the AirAsia special flight at Port Blair in the morning and the flight landed at 12.50 pm at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here.
The State Government had made arrangements to bring the workers to the Port Blair airport by picking them up from different islands in Andaman after the migrants completed formalities required under the Covid-19 protocols.
Notably, the State Government has undertaken a mission to bring back all the migrant workers stranded in different parts of the country. More than 3 lakh workers have been brought back by Shramik Special trains and buses.
However, the persons stranded in remote parts from where railway services are not available and also travel on road is not possible, the Government has decided to bring them by air service. As per the decision, more than 600 persons have already been evacuated by air from the States like Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The mission would continue till all migrant workers return to the State safely, an official release stated.