Chandigarh: Punjab chief secretary Anirudh Tewari on Friday stated 225 college students from Punjab have safely returned from war-torn Ukraine.

Chairing the assessment assembly, the chief secretary requested officers involved to make sure secure return of the remaining college students and different individual caught in Ukraine. He stated that the state authorities is sparing no effort to assist the distressed households on this hour of disaster. Around 1,000 Indians are nonetheless struck within the war-torn nation.

The chief secretary was apprised that 476 calls have been obtained to date on 24X7 management room numbers of the state authorities and queries had been being instantly forwarded to the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) for guaranteeing secure and safe evacuation of individuals stranded in Ukraine. He was additionally knowledgeable that 326 affected households have been visited bodily by the state authorities officers.

Tewari urged the affected individuals and their family members to instantly contact on the Punjab authorities’s helpline numbers in order that they are often prolonged help. He additionally appealed the mother and father and family members of the stranded individuals to ask their kids get in contact with the embassy and Government of India officers at border posts and strictly observe the rules of the MEA.