New Delhi, July 18, 2016: The Ministry of External Affairs (@MEAIndia), one of the most active ministries on Twitter in the NDA Government, has used its Twitter accounts in an innovative way to report on the ongoing operation #SankatMochan. This operation, to airlift over 300 Indians stranded at war-torn South Sudan’s capital city Juba, unfolded in real time on Twitter through documented native video Tweets and live Tweets on the Ministry’s movements from July 13 to 15. Under the supervision of Vijay Kumar Singh (Gen_VKSingh), the Minister of State for External Affairs, #SankatMochan has taken flight, and he has used his Twitter account to provide regular updates on the operation, right from the decision-making process to the successful return of the aircraft on July 15.
The Ministry’s use of native video on Twitter for #SankatMochan have provided citizens a window into all the action of a critical news moment, and allowed them to witness the operation unfold in real time. Hashtags #OperationSankatMochan and #SankatMochan made Twitter the central information ground for the operation.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/Gen_VKSingh/status/753599008682180608
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/Gen_VKSingh/status/753612585589760000
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/753606411758821376
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/Gen_VKSingh/status/753847028875014145
@MEAIndia, @SushmaSwaraj and Gen_VKSingh kept users up to date by live Tweeting the operation details.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/Gen_VKSingh/status/753243561215352832
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/753182734445645824
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/753518262353297408
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/753825786059108353
Tweets expressing gratitude for the success of the operation are pouring in.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/ChouhanShivraj/status/753501352484012032
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/nsitharaman/status/753451895922970625
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/VijayGoelBJP/status/753855038594781184
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/753810220703297536
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/gauravvarmani/status/753244282606252032
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