CM Dhami meets Indian student returnees from Ukraine in Delhi, enquires about their well-being
Mar 05, 2022
New Delhi [India], March 5 : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday met Indian students, who were evacuated from Ukraine amid ongoing Russian military operations, at Uttarakhand Sadan in Delhi.
The Chief Minister enquired about their well-being.
"Today met with the children who returned from Ukraine at Uttarakhand Sadan in Delhi. It was possible only with the efficient leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji and the efforts of the Government of India that today our children have returned safely even from adverse situations like war," Dhami tweeted (roughly translated from Hindi).
The Uttarakhand government has appointed a nodal officer for students of the state returning from Ukraine and a toll-free number has been also launched, where people can give information about students stuck in Ukraine.
Notably, the Indian Air Force on Saturday brought back 629 evacuated Indian nationals from Ukraine's neighbouring countries Romania, Slovakia and Poland as part of the ongoing 'Operation Ganga'.
Earlier in the day, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan informed that over 11,000 Indians have been evacuated from Ukraine so far.
Meanwhile, the Union Government has been ramping up its efforts to evacuate Indian nationals from Ukraine.
The government has deployed 'special envoys' to four neighbouring countries bordering Ukraine to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri is overseeing evacuation efforts in Hungary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in Slovakia, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Romania and Gen VK Singh in Poland.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired several meetings on the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine. In the meeting, he chaired on Friday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other senior officials were present.
