While most of these rescued had been folks from Bihar and UP, who labored as labourers in metal and tile factories in Sudan, there have been a number of businessmen and medical doctors from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Coming out of gate quantity 6 of the airport along with his backpack, Pankaj Yadav (27), who labored at a ceramic manufacturing facility in Sudan for the final six years, mentioned: “It’s such a relief to be back in my home country…. I was somehow sustaining myself there — electricity was disconnected several days ago and it has become difficult to get access to basic amenities.”

Yadav mentioned he used to remain inside his manufacturing facility along with his coworkers at Omdurman, round 18 km from Khartoum, the epicentre of the strife, and barely went out since missiles dropping in neighbouring areas had turn out to be a typical prevalence. “I had no contact with my family — in UP’s Ballia — and they were very worried. All I want now is to quickly catch a train to Ballia,” Yadav mentioned.

Reena Gandhi, from Ahmedabad, who was based mostly in Omdurman for 18 years along with her husband, a physician, mentioned: “We brought only three to four pair of clothes with us. We were waiting with baited breath for our country to rescue us…we knew that Sudan was undergoing a turmoil but did not expect things to come to such a pass.”

Her husband, Rupesh Gandhi, mentioned: “A day after we left our home in Omdurman, our neighbour’s house was destroyed…there are still several Indian citizens stuck in strife-torn areas and are yet to be rescued.”

Satish Pal Maan, a employee at a tiles firm, mentioned he got here on the rescue flight along with his co-worker, Vijay Kumar, each of whom had been rescued from Khartoum on April 24. “There is a lack of diesel and supplies have been cut off. Several buses have not been able to rescue people due to this reason…thousands of people like me are left with nothing but a few pair of clothes, as most of us fled with whatever we had,” he mentioned.

Pramod Mishra, who labored at a metal manufacturing facility in Khartoum, mentioned, “I only came with a pair of jeans and some basic necessities…along with a few other Indians I was camping at a school for eight days…”