Haryana CM Directs Deputy Commissioners To Contact Kin Of 1,786 Stranded Students

CHANDIGARH: In view of the current crisis in Ukraine, parents of students studying in the country appealed to the government to bring them back.

The Haryana government is making all efforts in that direction. According to a list released by the government of India, 1786 students from Haryana are studying in Ukraine. Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that he has received the list of the students and directed the deputy commissioners to immediately constitute teams of officers to contact their families in their respective districts.

The chief minister also directed the deputy commissioners to give assurance to the families of the students that the governments of India and Haryana are taking all possible steps to safely bring back the students.

The DCs have also been directed to assure the families that they do not pay heed to the negative social media posts being spread in this regard.

So far, 1156 Indian nationals have returned safely from Ukraine in five special flights being run under the ‘Operation Ganga’ campaign. On Monday, the sixth flight from Budapest (Hungary) took off under ‘Operation Ganga’, in which 240 Indian nationals have been brought back to Delhi.

The state government is working day and night for the return of its students and about 100 of them have returned so far. A help desk has been set up by the Haryana government to help the residents of Haryana. This help desk, set up through Foreign Cooperation (FCD) Department in Haryana, has so far received over 400 phone calls, 800-900 WhatsApp messages and 800 emails. The officers posted at the helpline desk are in constant touch with the students and the Ministry of External Affairs.

The chief minister is also closely monitoring the situation and is constantly taking updates from the officials. He assured all those stuck in Ukraine that they would be brought back to India at any cost.