Thoothukudi

Indian Navy Ship ''Jalashwa'' on Sunday repatriated 700 Indian nationals stranded in Maldives, making its second port call at the VOC Port here with a similar exercise this week.

INS Jalashwa had earlier this week brought stranded Indians from Sri Lanka and has repatriated about 2700 Indians so far as part of the navy''s "Operation Samudra Setu" initiative.

The bulk of the repatriated persons, 686, hailed from Tamil Nadu while the others belonged to Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry, VOC Port officials said. The ship left Port of Male on June 5 and arrived here on Sunday.

Today, INS Jalashwa repatriated 700 Indian nationals to India through VOC Port. @shipmin_india@PIB_ShipMin@Indportsassn@pibchennaipic.twitter.com/ql0EIkFhzO