An Eye On The Exit Gates

www.outlookindia.com | An Eye On The Exit Gates: "As Libya teeters on the brink of chaos, India has prepared an elaborate contingency plan to evacuate some 18,000 Indians employed there, chiefly in blue-collar jobs. About 8,000 Indians are in Tripoli, the capital; another 4,000 are in Benghazi, an important oil and gas production centre over which Muammar Gaddafi is said to have lost control (see map). “We are not sure how the situation in Libya is likely to pan out,” says a senior mea official, “but we are keeping a contingency plan in place in case we have to evacuate our people at short notice.”"