Submit information as per given format on urgent basis
FAIZAN BUKHARI
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has geared up to ensure safe and early evacuation of residents of Jammu and Kashmir who are stranded in war torn Ukraine.
Sources in the MHA informed Kashmir Despatch that there are around 133 residents of Jammu and Kashmir including students of various medical universities of Ukraine who are desperate to return to their homes safely.
“A list of stranded residents of Jammu and Kashmir including students who are stuck-up in Ukraine presently have been forwarded to all deputy commissioners of J&K with a direction to contact the family of each resident/student individually and convey to them that the Government is taking all out efforts for safe return of these persons,” a top officer in the MHA told Kashmir Despatch.
He said the matter has been accorded a top priority following strict instructions from the Prime Minister’s Office. “All the DCs of J&K have been asked to attend the matter on urgent basis,” sources added.
Another officer from Jammu and Kashmir General Administration Department said that the deputy commissioners have started submitting the requisite information for onward submission to the Ministry of Home Affairs for necessary action.
“The DCs were given a format to submit the requisite information including total number of students in Ukraine, number of students who have returned to India, whether control rooms have been set up at district level, whether nodal officer appointed, number of student families that have been contacted and any other relevant information in this regard,” a top officers in MHA told Kashmir Despatch.
When Kashmir Despatch contacted a few students of J&K, presently stuck up in Ukraine, it found that they were running short of money and were facing very difficult circumstances to manage their daily affairs.
“I am heading towards a nearby city where the evacuees are getting free food and medicines. We have bare minimum money left and there are cashless ATMs in Kharkiv and I have travelled around 12 kilometers in two hours to reach a place where there are free train services available for the people leaving to safer destinations,” Asad Ahmad Fazili, who is from Srinagar and is studying in Kharkiv National Medical University told Kashmir Despatch.
