NEDUMBASSERY: Keralites evacuated from strife-torn Yemen reached the Cochin International Airport here from Mumbai by Air India flight late on Friday. Around 49 Malayalis, majority of them women working in General Military Hospital, arrived here at 8.15 pm on Friday.They were working with the Cardiac Department of the Hospital when the internal war broke out in Yemen. Fierce fighting were seen in the streets.Thundering sounds of gun blasts were heard everywhere, says Joel, of Muvattupuzha, who reached here. Even boys were seen carrying guns and firing at their will and pleasure, says Jinu Athirampuzha. Recalling the ordeal she added that nearby building were seen ablaze and the bodies of people were seen in large numbers on the streets. The Indian Embassy officials had arranged tickets for the Keralites to reach India. Excise Minister K Babu, K P Dhanapalan MP, Anwar Sadath MLA, CIAL MD V J Kurien, RDO Mohandas Pillai and hundreds of relatives and friends of the evacuees received them at the airport. NORKA and district administration has taken initiatives to provide all the facilities for the passengers, including travel arrangements.
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