3982 stranded citizens evacuated till date

Our Correspondent
Kohima, May 25 (EMN): As many as 3982 stranded citizens have reached Nagaland till date, according to an update received from the control room of the Empowered Committee in Dimapur.

As of 6 pm on Tuesday, a total of 44 returnees had arrived in Nagaland.

When contacted, sources from the control room informed Eastern Mirror that a train from New Delhi ferried 40 passengers to Dimapur railway station.

A private car also transported four persons to the commercial hub on Tuesday.

So far, 1469 returnees have arrived from the state of Tamil Nadu; Assam – 779; Haryana – 378; Meghalaya – 372; West Bengal – 251; Manipur – 175; Arunachal Pradesh – 162; Bihar – 126; Delhi-108; Sikkim – 41; Maharashtra – 36; Uttar Pradesh – 31; Mizoram – 18; Gujarat – 16; Madhya Pradesh – 12; Rajasthan – 5 and Tripura – 3.