A group of 16 Indian evacuees departed from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on a Lucknow-bound flight on Thursday as Operation Kaveri continues to rescue people from battle-torn Sudan.

Taking to Twitter, the official spokesperson of MEA, Arindam Bagchi wrote, "#OperationKaveri update A group of 16 evacuees departed from Jeddah onboard a flight destined for Lucknow."