Bengaluru: So far 561 people have been rescued from Sudan, which has been battered by the conflict of military forces, through ‘Operation Kaveri’, and the Hakki Pikki community who have escaped from the danger have demanded to rescue more than 500 people who are stuck in various urban and rural areas including Albashere, and Guinea.
Arrangements were made to send more than 550 Indians including the Hakki Pikki community members who reached Port Sudan in 4 buses from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by air on April 27 evening. As the Indian plane landed, the Hakki Pikki community members who had been in fear of their lives for 10 days, without food and water, were seen jubilant and together with the other Indians, shouted slogans like Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai. They were joyous to have finally reached the motherland safely.
At present, Indians from Khartoum have been rescued. However, more than 1800 Indians including more than 500 Hakki Pikki community members are still remain trapped in many places including Albasher, Guinea, Gadari Kasala, and Chad border. All of them are worried because there is no bus system to reach Port Sudan.
Although a 48-hour ceasefire was announced in conflict-affected Sudan, the sound of gunfire, bombs and shelling continued to be heard throughout the day on April 27. Trapped in war-torn areas, Indians are vying to provide information about their whereabouts to the embassy.
As many as 500 Hakki Pikki community members and more than 1000 Indians are stuck in many towns and villages including Albashere, Guinea, and Chad border. The operation needs to be undertaken to get all of them safely out of Sudan. The problem of food and water continues.
Hakki Pikki leader of Channagiri Taluk in Davanagere District Nandakumar said that the clash is continuing there in violation of the 24-hour ceasefire. More Kannadigas are at risk and unreachable in urban and rural areas of Sudan. More than 560 people have been rescued so far and more than 1800 people are scattered in cities, towns and rural areas of Sudan. All of them should be brought safely. Buses have not gone there yet. None of the people stuck there are getting in touch with us, he added.
Ranjan, a Hakki Pikki leader of Channagiri Taluk, who was a Sudan war victim said that they are also appealing to the Indian embassy officials.