India is ready to help evacuate them, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Indian parliament.
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India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone
India on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels to "release" civilians, who it said numbered about 70,000 in Sri Lanka’s war zone. India is ready to help evacuate them, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Indian parliament. “Estimates on the number of civilians trapped vary, but 70,000 or so are estimated to be there now.