423 Indians arrive from Lebanon

CHENNAI: The second batch of 423 Indians, who were evacuated from strife-torn Lebanon, arrived here in the wee hours on Tuesday by a special Air India flight.

The evacuees, mostly from Tamil Nadu and Punjab, were received at the airport by Tamil Nadu Forest Minister N Selvaraj, Dairy Development Minister U Mathivannan and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Malay Mishra.

Out of those who arrived from Lebanon at 2.15 am, 269 were from Tamil Nadu, 139 from Punjab, nine from Kerala, three from Goa and one each from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.