Four flights arrive in Kerala as part of Vande Bharat mission on Sunday with a total 724 passengers.
A flight from Dubai, carrying 179 passengers onboard reached Kochi airport at around 7:30pm.
Another flight from Muscat with 183 passengers and one mortal remains arrived at 6:13pm at Thiruvananthapuram airport.
A flight from Dubai landed at the Kannur airport at 9:07pm and another from Abu Dhabi reached Kochi at 10:01pm. Both flights had 181 passengers.
On Saturday, three flights brought Keralites back from the Gulf.
Phase two of the mission began on Saturday and will go on until May 22. More than 25 flights in Phase 2 has been scheduled to Kerala.
Over 32,000 people from 21 countries are expected to be brought back over the course of the seven days. So far, over 1,88,646 Indian nationals have registered to return.
As per the government's policy for evacuation, Indians having "compelling reasons" to return like pregnant women, elderly people, students and those facing the prospect of deportation are being brought back home.
The government launched the 'Vande Bharat Mission' on May 7 to evacuate Indians stranded in various countries due to coronavirus-related restrictions.
Under the phase one of the mission, the government has evacuated a total of 12,000 Indians from the Gulf region as well as countries like the US, the UK, Philipines, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Maldives.
