MEA sets up helplines for for Indians, PIOs in Yemen

New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI) With over 10,000 Indians and
PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) still in violence-hit Yemen
where nearly 200 people have been killed, the Indian External
Affairs Ministry has set up helplines for them.
Pointing out that it has already advised Indian
nationals in Yemen to exit the country through available
commercial means, the Ministry Saturday said "keeping in view
the evolving situation and to provide information/assistance
to Indian nationals or their family members, MEA and the
Embassy of India in Yemeni capital Sana'a have set up help
lines."
Over 10,000 PIOs and Indian nationals are still in
Yemen, the Ministry said in a release here.
Violence appears to have outpaced Yemen's peaceful
pro-democracy protests as fighting between government forces
and a prominent tribal militia has broken out in various parts
of the country, taking it dangerously close to a civil war.