Op Raahat : The Great Indian Rescue (Pictures and News)

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 07 Apr 2015 16:42

Moderators, I think it is Raahat and not Rahaat. Thanks for changing the title.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 07 Apr 2015 17:41

Sachin wrote:Kerala CM Oommen Chandy urges PM Modi to help Keralites in Yemen

Chandy also said that Pakistani and Chinese nationals had already been evacuated {Yeah. The Pakis and Chinese picked up the phone and told him as soon as they landed from Yemen}.

The DNA report have used the word "urges", where as Malayalam media reported that Chandy used the word "Nirdhesham" (meaning "instructions", which are generally given from a senior rank to a junior ). The Malayalam media too is not highlighting the evacuation in its entirety, and my gut feeling is that the media in Kerala just does not want to show-case BJP Govt. or Modi in any positive light.

Today again Kerala CM, has "urged" Modi to route all flights via Kochi International Airport. Again, the pattern seems to be asking more and more. If this is not conveyed already in a diplomatic fashion GoI should clearly tell the GoKL that its duty ends when Indian citizens touch Indian soil. The respective state governments also have to do some honest day's job, and work on taking their people to their homes. Even when the evacuation of Malayali nurses happened from Egypt, the average Keralaite attitude was that they were doing some big favour by coming back. This bluff needs to be called, once and for all.

In one NDTV show, Shashi Tharoor also asked for the same saying it is becoming difficult to get flight/train tickets to so many people at such a short notice from Mumbai to Kochi and MEA Spokesperson Akbaruddin told him that flights are arranged to Kochi.

Its becoming very evident that C-system is nothing but Secular Pakis. They keep begging in the name of demanding. Hope nation is noticing this.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 18:12

SwamyG wrote:CNN's Nima Elbagir describes being on an embed with the Indian Airforce as it evacuated hundreds of nationals fleeing the country.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/04 ... flight.cnn

Reporter saying Indian (navy) ship took fire, so could not enter harbor and had to use boats for the people.

It is an awesome operation that makes me proud to be Indian.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 18:28

svenkat wrote:SwamyG ji,
Thanks for starting the thread.

+1
And let us raise a cheer for Air India and its pilots and staff, who get God knows how much criticism and even abuse from us all the time. Yet here they are, once again, literally flying into the mouth of danger and death to rescue their fellow Indians.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 18:34

JE Menon wrote:Btw as soon as that ship hits any shoreline our Modelling agencies should be waiting at the jetty to hand out a contract to the navy chap in the pic with kids that shiv has posted. Good looking git ..will be an instant hit with the teen-20s female crowd ...

Yeah talk about poster children for India. Please make the picture viral.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 18:39

Altair wrote:The Airspace is controlled by "Saudis". They gave a 4- hour window for "In and Out" for our rescue efforts.
To coordinate with Saudi defense officials in a highly volatile and hostile environment and identify friend and foe is very tricky enough.
Add to it,Put Airforce, Navy, Civilians in a contained space for more than 2 hours and manage without a brawl. This is itself an achievement nobody is talking about.
The Logistics involved are super massive., and do it in the window provided needs great systems and processes in place. I don't think more than 3 or 4 countries on the entire planet have this kind of capability.

+1

And the plan was conceived,developed and executed at incredibly short notice. Cold Start as it were.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 18:43

By the way, what does the "po" stand for in the Hindi initials bhaa. Nau.po for INS? I can figure out bhaarat nausena but the po has me stumped.

à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£ · Post by **à¤µà¤°à¥à¤£** » 07 Apr 2015 18:54

KLNMurthy wrote:By the way, what does the "po" stand for in the Hindi initials bhaa. Nau.po for INS? I can figure out bhaarat nausena but the po has me stumped.

पोत pota (ship).
http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?scri ... rection=AU

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 19:09

As we celebrate India 's accomplishment, we should also look at the question of Indians taking responsibility for their own safety and not developing a sense of complacency and entitlement that GOI and the Indian taxpayer is always there to bail them out, even if they make foolish choices.

Anticipating further hostilities, India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had issued advisories on January 21, 2015 to Indian expatriates in Yemen to leave the country. A second travel advisory urging Indians to avoid travel to Yemen, and to leave the country was issued on February 20, 2015.[3][4] Finally on March 25, 2 days before the attack by the Arab coalition, the MEA issued an urgent advisory urging all Indian citizens to evacuate as soon as possible.[5] However, 4000 Indian citizens had not heeded the warnings and were trapped in Yemen.

From the wikipedia page:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raahat

There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 19:10

Varuna wrote:
KLNMurthy wrote:By the way, what does the "po" stand for in the Hindi initials bhaa. Nau.po for INS? I can figure out bhaarat nausena but the po has me stumped.
पोत pota (ship).
http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?scri ... rection=AU

Thank you. It is a new word for me.

panduranghari · Post by **panduranghari** » 07 Apr 2015 20:03

KLNMurthy wrote:
There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.

No saar. That will be counterproductive. Good will goes a long way. And unlike the western fleets who visit ME, our fleet visited purely for humanitarian reasons.

Mukesh.Kumar · Post by **Mukesh.Kumar** » 07 Apr 2015 20:23

Screen grab of US Embassy Sana'a advising US citizens of evacuation through Operation Rahat. This one was one of this jingoe's daydreams for a very long time.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 07 Apr 2015 21:24

How tricky the situation on the ground is can be judged by the interview with Syed Akbaruddin, the MEA spokesperson on NDTV a couple of days ago. He said (paraphrasing) that while GOI had reached an agreement with the defacto authorities (the Saudis) on the evacuation, the dejure authorities (the Houthis) had to also approve because neither side really controlled the territory and each side could put obstacles in the evacuation. And each side presumably would not like GOI to talk to the other!!

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 07 Apr 2015 21:45

RamaY wrote:In one NDTV show, Shashi Tharoor also asked for the same saying it is becoming difficult to get flight/train tickets to so many people at such a short notice

This is also because GoKL are such a big bunch of jokers who cannot get any thing done by themselves. Indian Railways is still a GoI out fit. Using the good will and the babu network, they can still get a few special trains run. But that involves good PR, networking and planning skills. Which the elected representatives of 100% literate state seems to lack. So then follow the usual routine, put more work on the already hard working folks and then land up for the photo-ops sessions.

KLNMurthy wrote:There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.

Seeing the pathetic show by the Govt. of Kerala and the politicians of the place in general (including the opposition - the commies), the easy way is to charge the respective states a part of the expenses. For all these people who are coming in, their native state (in India) can be easily identified. Let the respective state governments pay up a part of the costs incurred. If a state's CM can demand flights to be routed in a specific way, he can also jolly well pay for the expenses incurred in evacuating a large number of people from his state

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KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 07 Apr 2015 21:55

panduranghari wrote:
KLNMurthy wrote:
There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.
No saar. That will be counterproductive. Good will goes a long way. And unlike the western fleets who visit ME, our fleet visited purely for humanitarian reasons.

We probably shouldn't send the current set of evacuees a bill, as they wouldn't be expecting it. But for future situations it would be better to plan ahead and collect some sort of "instability insurance deposit " at embarkation time, and the interest on the deposit can be used as part of a premium for an insurance policy which will pay for part of the costs of repatriation if it should be needed. Otherwise the deposit can be refunded at the time of returning.

That may not pay for the full cost, but at least people should understand that there is a rupee cost as well as a cost in risk to personnel involved in such heroics. Otherwise they will just take it for granted. If they just came home in the normal way, they would have had to pay for a plane ticket. They should at least be asked to pay that much.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 07 Apr 2015 22:09

A newly born baby is being brought on board INS Mumbai from Al Hodeidah for safe passage to Djibouti. Photo: Twitte

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/yeme ... 28773.html

Jayram · Post by **Jayram** » 07 Apr 2015 22:09

India will help Americans leave Yemen
Also on the CNN page this one with none other than Tulsi Gabbard

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 07 Apr 2015 22:18

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 833331.cms

India's decision to make Djibouti the operation's hub served the authorities well.People are being taken out of Aden, Sana'a, Al Hodeida and Al Mulala, ferried to Djibouti and thence by Air India planes and IAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft. Djibouti is a port and INS Mumbai, INS Sumitra and INS Tarkash are functioning there.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has worked the phones with regional leaders and has been responding to rescue requests on social media. After PM Narendra Modi spo ..

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 07 Apr 2015 22:18

schinnas · Post by **schinnas** » 07 Apr 2015 22:18

Thanks for staring this thread, SwamiG ji! Kudos to Gen. V.K.Singh for what seems to be a very smooth run operation despite the unknowns and the complexities involved. Very easily India's most complex rescue operation till date. While V.K.Singh might jump off the gun in passing some comments, he lives up to his reputation as an operational hands-on leader. Very impressive. If he delivers at the same high level of efficiency in building out our NE border infrastructure, we can sleep better vis a vis Cheen.

saip · Post by **saip** » 07 Apr 2015 22:23

I wonder what will be the rules of engagement for the IN ships? Are they allowed to fire back if they come under fire?

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 07 Apr 2015 22:25

KLNMurthy wrote:
There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.

What is the practice or policy of US in this regard when they evacuate their citizens from world's trouble spots? Any idea or pointers in this regard?/

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 07 Apr 2015 22:29

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/04 ... en-crisis/

Watch the first 45 seconds, an Air India plane is shown evacuating people from Sana'a.

And the link below leads to an IAF video for a C-17 flight from Djibouti to Mumbai

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/538292/ind ... scued.html

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 08 Apr 2015 02:27

Good that India is evacuating US citizens if needed. It is the right thing to do.

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 08 Apr 2015 02:36

^^That's right. And that's all there is to it. I'm absolutely 100% certain they would do the same if we were in a similar position and asked them to do so. This is how civilised countries behave. We don't need any kudos for it, but we don't need any brickbats either.

If there is anything shameful in all this it is the way our incompetent media has made such a hash out of it. Neither professional ethics, nor even a consideration for the national interest. More like the fifth column than the fourth estate.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 08 Apr 2015 02:43

No one should be charged for the evacuation.

Its civil operation.

member_22733 · Post by **member_22733** » 08 Apr 2015 03:57

This is a great job by our Govt. and Armed forces machinery.

I feel sorry for the people (especially Mallu Birathers and sisters) who lost their income and possibly also lost property because $hit hit the fan in Yemen.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 04:30

KLNMurthy wrote: There should be some way to bill the evacuees for their share of the cost.

No way.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 04:42

German Ambassador to India
Michael Steiner @Amb_MSteiner
India helped evacuate also Germans out of Yemen. Thank you India! @narendramodi @MEAIndia @SushmaSwaraj

Member of Parliament for Nilandhoo Constituency. Chair of Parliamentary Economic Committee. Maldives
Abdullah Khaleel ‏@abkhaleel
I send my heartfelt appreciation to HE @PMOIndia & HE @RajeevShahare for evacuating 1 of my constituents from Yemen. Tku Pres Y & FM Dunya.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 08 Apr 2015 04:55

Good interview with the the pilot of the IAF C-17 on its way to Djibouti.

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/201 ... ations.cnn

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 08 Apr 2015 04:57

Let me see if I understand this: Indian MEN are being allowed to "e-vacuate" German WIMMENS?

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:19

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:25

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:31

Slightly old video

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:39

Older video. Evacuees giving full credit to Navy and Indian officials.

saip · Post by **saip** » 08 Apr 2015 05:41

UlanBatori wrote:Let me see if I understand this: Indian MEN are being allowed to "e-vacuate" German WIMMENS?

You should tweet that prof!

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:44

Sardesai giving credit to GoI and V.K.Singh

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:48

Thanking Kerala Gov, Indian Embassies, MEA, GoI.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 05:53

Englishman in New York. Foreign Editor @ABC, previously Foreign Editor @BBCNews. Runner, traveller.
Jon Williams ‏@WilliamsJon Apr 6
US spends 10 times as much on its military as India does - but tells Americans in #Yemen to call the Indians if they want a lift out!

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 08 Apr 2015 06:00