Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that the evacuation of 18 members of Under-14 girls football team stuck in earthquake-hit Nepal would be on priority.
"We will evacuate India's U-14 girls football team on priority," she tweeted.
The scared Indian girls and two support staff had decided to sleep outside their rooms at Hotel View Bhrikuti in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu for the fear of further aftershocks.
They were practicing in the stadium for the third-place play-off against Iran when the earthquake shook the venue and adjoining areas yesterday.
Coach Maymol Rocky said that team Manager Sapna has spoken to Indian embassy but they have asked the players to come to the Kathmandu airport so that they can be airlifted by military planes sent by India.
An AIFF official in New Delhi had said that the team will be brought back to India tomorrow by the military aircraft.
