India on March 21 launched ‘Operation Indravati’ to evacuate its citizens stranded in war-torn Haiti amid the intense fighting between the armed groups and the government.
Key points
- It has been launched to evacuate its nationals from Haiti to the Dominican Republic.
- India’s External Affairs Minister informed that 12 citizens have been successfully rescued to the Caribbean nation Dominican Republic.
- The Caribbean nation of Haiti has been plagued by widespread gang violence for over two years since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
- The violence between the armed groups and the government has impeded access to healthcare facilities, forced the closure of schools and worsened an already dire hunger crisis.
- Aside from human-made catastrophes, Haiti still has not fully recovered from the devastating earthquake in 2010 that killed about 220,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless.
