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Minor problem has delayed Wuhan evacuation: Chavan
Satara-born Ashwini Patil, currently locked down in Wuhan, China, due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus), has not been evacuated yet
Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that Satara-born Ashwini Patil, currently locked down in Wuhan, China, due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus), has not been evacuated yet because of “some hitch with the Indian Air Force C-130 aircraft as a result of which it was not able to reach China”.
Chavan tweeted: “ I Spoke to Ashwini Patil in Woohan. Government is sending an Air Force C-130 aircraft to airlift nearly 90 Indians still remaining. Aircraft was to go today, but there is some hitch. Embassy has asked everyone to be ready to leave immediately. I am in touch.”
Patil is from Satara district. Ashwini’s family in Satara reached out to the senior Congressman, Chavan, who wrote to external affairs minister S Jaishankar asking him to take the necessary steps.
