The return flights would be only up to New Delhi, the statement said.
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“This includes undertaking urgent measures to secure and reopen Juba International Airport as a matter of priority”, it said in a statement issued in Juba. “Around half the population has been forced to leave their homes”, said Florence Mawanda, director of the Tearfund NGO, an aid-worker organization in Juba.
Swarup said that the entire operation was being carried out under the direct supervision of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who had formed a high level task force to monitor the situation in South Sudan.
Concerns grew about abuses committed during the chaos, which the United Nations says has displaced 42,000 civilians.
At least 272 people have been killed during three days of fighting in the capital but Ladsous said the death toll was “only the tip of the iceberg” because many civilians were prevented from reaching safe ground.
According to the ministry, there are around 600 Indians in South Sudan, of them 450 are in Juba and almost 150 are outside the capital.
Wednesday’s meeting came after days of heightened concern at the United Nations in the wake of the deadly clashes that erupted in and around the capital, Juba, between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing First Vice-President Riek Machar.
Despite repeated warnings from the United Nations, South Sudan’s leader President Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar have failed to peacefully lead the country. It fell apart last Friday when their soldiers shot at one another outside the presidential palace, where both Kiir and Machar had gone for a news conference.
The ceasefire took effect from 6 pm local time on Monday any member of the Machar-led forces who surrendered must also be protected, Makuei said.
South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road have reported being turned back from the border as they seek safety amid fears of a return to civil war.
The five-day war between rival troops of Kiir and Machar threatened to throw into disarray a peace agreement signed by the two leaders in Nairobi over an year ago.
There was renewed fighting between the government and former rebel forces since Thursday in Juba.
The US military command in Africa has announce that I has sent additional troops to Juba, South Sudan to protect American embassy personnel and civilians in the bombed out city.
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It follows a proposal by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the mission be given further support to allow better protection of civilians.
