Indian workers from Libya arrive in New Delhi

The first batch of 291 Indians, evacuated from the trouble-torn Libya, arrived in a special Air India flight from Tripoli at the IGI airport late on Saturday night.

The ministry of external affairs and Delhi International Airport Limited made preparations for the arriving passengers in the now closed Terminal 2.

A senior MEA official said,"T2 has been set-up by the DIAL within two days and the terminal will remain operational for next two weeks.”

Telephone services and railway reservation counters, apart from Balmer-Laurie counter for booking in Air India flight for onward journey, have been set up in the terminal.

Resident commissioners of 12 states, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, were present in the terminal to help the people of their states for their onward journey.

Apart from these, 15 corporate houses, which have their units in Libya, have been asked to help the arriving Indian nationals, the officials said, adding ample number of buses and taxis have been made available.

In order to help the traumatized people, who are coming back from civil war-like condition, doctors have been offered to advice the evacuees.

"Our mission in Egypt is co-ordinating with our embassy in Tripoli to ferry the Indian nationals to Egypt from where they can fly out to India from Cairo," said foreign secretary Nirupama Rao.