Around 5,000 industrial units in Peenya Industrial Area had downed their shutters to express solidarity with the Indians yet to be evacuated from Yemen, which is in the midst of a civil war.
Shiva Kumar told The Hindu that he had spoken to his brother Ravi, who is stuck in the capital Sana’a, on Thursday morning.
“He told me that the situation had worsened. The food stock will last for just another three days. He was very worried,” he said and added that an Indian aircraft was once again denied permission to land in Sana’a.
He said senior industrialists from Peenya Industries Association had met Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises G.M. Siddeshwara, with a request to put pressure on the Centre to bring back all Indians from Yemen.
Meanwhile, former president of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, J. Crasta said, “Our Chief Minister is not as vociferous in demanding evacuation of Indians as his counterpart in Kerala.”
On Thursday evening, several industrialists and concerned citizens held a candlelight vigil outside the Town Hall.
