The second batch of 423 Indians, who were evacuated from strife-torn Lebanon, arrived in Chennai early Tuesday morning by a special Air India flight.
The evacuees, mostly from Tamil Nadu and Punjab, were received at the airport by Tamil Nadu Forest Minister N Selvaraj, Dairy Development Minister U Mathivannan and Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary Malay Mishra.
Out of those who arrived from Lebanon at 2.15 am, 269 were from Tamil Nadu, 139 from Punjab, nine from Kerala, three from Goa and one each from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
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