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INS Magar arrives at Male port to repatriate nearly 200 Indians

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NEW DELHI : INS Magar on Sunday arrived at Male to bring nearly 200 stranded Indian nationals home from Maldives amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Concurrently, INS Jalashwa, the first ship carrying evacuees from Maldives under Operation Samudra Setu, reached Kochi harbour this morning with 698 Indian citizens, the Navy said in a statement.

INS Magar, designed for landing operations, had made all necessary logistic, medical and administrative preparations at her base port Kochi to comfortably accommodate civilians before setting sail towards Maldives.

The ship will repatriate nearly 200 citizens while ensuring all precautions, including social distancing norms, are followed, the Navy stated. "An entirely separate section of the ship with

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