CHENNAI: Union minister Piyush Goyal welcomed the second batch of Indian fishermen at Chennai Worldwide Airport after their profitable evacuation from Iran amid ongoing battle circumstances within the area.Talking to reporters on the airport on Saturday, Goyal mentioned the evacuation was carried out following instructions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with coordinated efforts by the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) and Indian missions overseas to relocate the stranded fishermen from Iran to Armenia earlier than bringing them again to India.“Our Prime Minister gave directions to the overseas ministry, and so they labored very laborious to maneuver them from Iran to Armenia. From Armenia, we obtained some good individuals to help us in getting them again as a result of they’re very poor fishermen. Within the first batch, 345 got here. In the present day, 300+ got here. The Prime Minister has at all times cared for all of the people who find themselves caught in any disaster. This as soon as once more demonstrates how a lot he cares for our fishermen who had been sadly caught in the midst of the conflict in Iran. They’ve been introduced out from proper inside Iran,” Goyal mentioned.He additional knowledgeable that over 600 Indian fishermen have been safely introduced again from Iran thus far, with the help of Indian embassies in Iran and Armenia. The returnees embody fishermen primarily from Tamil NaduGujarat, Kerala and Puducherry.“It’s a delight to welcome again our courageous fishermen who had been in the midst of the conflict in Iran. They’ve been in a position to come again to India with the assistance of the embassy in Iran and the embassy in Armenia. Within the first airplane, 345 fishermen had come again, largely from Tamil Nadu. In the present day, now we have greater than 300 fishermen who’ve come again. The bulk are from Tamil Nadu, many are from Gujarat, and a few are from Kerala and Puducherry. They’d gone to Iran to make a residing, largely from the southern a part of the nation. They arrive from totally different districts like Kanyakumari, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, and Nagapattinam, in addition to Pudukkottai, Mayiladuthurai, and lots of different districts throughout the shoreline. The fishermen from Gujarat are largely from Valsad within the Surat area,” he mentioned.Goyal additionally praised the coordinated diplomatic efforts of exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar and his crew, stating that they ensured the security of Indian residents from the very starting of the disaster.“From the primary day when the conflict began, the overseas minister, a son of the soil from Tamil Nadu, Jaishankar and his crew had been in contact with the fishermen, ensuring they had been protected. The embassy introduced them collectively in Armenia, and now we have made preparations for the airplane to get them to India. They might belong to totally different elements of Bharat, however what binds them collectively is ‘Mahabharat,’ the Tricolour, our nationwide flag, and the love and affection of 140 crore Indians who had been eagerly ready for his or her brothers to come back again from the conflict in Iran,” the Union Minister mentioned.A fisherman from Kanyakumari district, Silvester, who was amongst these repatriated, expressed aid after returning residence, saying the evacuation introduced them security and luxury.“Now we really feel protected and completely happy. Our Modi authorities has helped us enormously. With out them, we could not have reached right here. They helped us rather a lot; they even gave us good, first rate meals,” he informed ANI.