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TN brings back 177 stranded people from cyclone-hit Sri Lanka
The Avenue Mail
|December 01, 2025
Tamil Nadu on Sunday facilitated the safereturn of 177 Indians who had been stranded in cyclone-ravaged Sri Lanka, even as Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that the state was ready to work with the Union government to support relief and rehabilitation measures in the island nation.
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The passengers, who included 60 women and four children, landed in Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning after being stuck in Sri Lanka for days following the severe disruption caused by Cyclone Ditwah. Flight services to and from the island nation had been crippled as the cyclone left behind large scale devastation, killing over a hundred people and inundating several regions. In a statement, Stalin expressed deep sorrow over the humanitarian crisis unfolding across Sri Lanka, saying the people
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