Nashik: Indian students stranded here are being evacuated Kharkiv National Medical University Hostel started on Wednesday morning. However, only female students could exit the trains, as the Kharkiv railway station guards did not allow male students to board.
The Indian embassy has now asked those unable to board trains to leave the city on foot and reach Pisochin (11 km away), Babai (12 km away) or Bezludivka (16 km away) by 6 pm.Ukraine Time).
At least 800 Indian students had left the university hostel at around 6.30 am and walked about 8-10 km to reach the local railway station carrying their luggage.
“On the instructions of the hostel authorities, we left the hostel to catch the train from Kharkiv. We were asked to switch off our phones and not take pictures as a student’s mobile phone was damaged by guards on Tuesday. We left at 9 am Reached the station at noon,” said Yash Pardeshi, a student from Jalgaon, who is pursuing medical studies at Kharkiv National Medical University.
Kharkiv railway station was packed with Indian students on their way to cities in western Ukraine. The first train was at 11.30 am (Ukraine time). Local guards controlling the station stopped male students from India from boarding the train.
Vivek Deshmukh, whose daughter, Aditi, is on the train, said, “Only Ukrainian nationals and female students were allowed. Girl students from India have boarded the train for Lviv.”
Prateek Jondhale, another student from Nashik, said they were at the station by 3.30 pm local time.
“My son and several other students are still at Kharkiv station. New advisories are being issued by the Indian embassy, asking them to leave the city. However, there is no means of travel. No respite from the shelling either. How can they get out of town?” Pramod Jondhale, Prateek’s father asked.
The parents were worried. Yash’s father Rajendra Pardhesi said, “It is very difficult for all the students. They were given only one meal on Tuesday and some water after supplies dried up due to heavy shelling in the city. Now they are left on their own. Huh.”
4 out of 19 Jalgaon students have already returned home
The Jalgaon District Disaster Management Office has said that at least 19 students from the district are studying in various universities in Ukraine and four of them have already returned.
District administration officials said on Wednesday that they are in touch with most of the students. mostly students in ukraine are not in the danger zone – they are either in the western regions of the country or have crossed the border. There are some who are in Kharkiv and we are not able to reach them. Four of the 19 are already houses,” said resident deputy district collector Rahul Patil.
The administration said the parents of some students approached the administration for help, but the list came from the foreign minister, who uploaded their details to the students, who were in transit. “We are trying to get the details of the students whose numbers are still not available,” Patil said.
Shoaib Kakkar, a student from Jalgaon, said that he had come to India on February 25. “I was in Kharkiv and that’s when I heard that Russia attacked. I rescheduled the February 27 flight from Kyiv to February 24. The flight was at 3 pm and I got a ticket confirmation at 10 am. I hired a cab But took, paid extra to the driver and reached Kyiv on time. I landed in Delhi and then came home.”
Sheema Shaikh, another student of Jalgaon, left her hostel at Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk on 26 February and reached the Romanian border on 27 February. He is now in Romania.
Of the 20 students from Nashik, five have returned so far. Gauri Thorat from Dindori taluka reached New Delhi on Wednesday. Ahmednagar students, who started from their base at Zaporizhzhya State Medical University on Monday, have still entered Romania. Kiran Gore, one of the students, said, “We are on our way to Budapest. From there we will be picked up.”
Marathwada people will return in 2-4 days: Officials
When the war broke out, 109 students and professionals from eight districts of the Marathwada region were in Ukraine. Of these, 18 had returned to India safely till Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, according to official data, 28 people from Nanded district are still in Ukraine, followed by 26 from Latur, 13 from Aurangabad, 11 from Osmanabad, five from Parbhani, three each from Jalna and Beed districts and two from Hingoli district. are people.
Tejpal Node-Chowdhary, from Beed’s Majalgaon taluka, is one of the relieved parents. His son Anil returned to India on Wednesday morning. Choudhary, who runs Sweet Mart, said, “We were in touch with our son praying for his safe return. The news of the death of an Indian student in Ukraine caused panic.”
Anil, a fourth year student at Vinnitsa National Pirogov Medical University, is expected to fly from Delhi to Aurangabad and reach Mazalgaon soon.
Aurangabad Deputy Divisional Commissioner Parag Soman said that all the people of Marathwada stranded in Ukraine are expected to return safely in the next two to four days. “We have set up a helpline for the affected persons and their families,” he said.
A helpline number – 0240-2343164 – has been set up by the divisional authorities for the benefit of the affected persons and their families.
(with inputs from Aurangabad)
The Indian embassy has now asked those unable to board trains to leave the city on foot and reach Pisochin (11 km away), Babai (12 km away) or Bezludivka (16 km away) by 6 pm.Ukraine Time).
At least 800 Indian students had left the university hostel at around 6.30 am and walked about 8-10 km to reach the local railway station carrying their luggage.
“On the instructions of the hostel authorities, we left the hostel to catch the train from Kharkiv. We were asked to switch off our phones and not take pictures as a student’s mobile phone was damaged by guards on Tuesday. We left at 9 am Reached the station at noon,” said Yash Pardeshi, a student from Jalgaon, who is pursuing medical studies at Kharkiv National Medical University.
Kharkiv railway station was packed with Indian students on their way to cities in western Ukraine. The first train was at 11.30 am (Ukraine time). Local guards controlling the station stopped male students from India from boarding the train.
Vivek Deshmukh, whose daughter, Aditi, is on the train, said, “Only Ukrainian nationals and female students were allowed. Girl students from India have boarded the train for Lviv.”
Prateek Jondhale, another student from Nashik, said they were at the station by 3.30 pm local time.
“My son and several other students are still at Kharkiv station. New advisories are being issued by the Indian embassy, asking them to leave the city. However, there is no means of travel. No respite from the shelling either. How can they get out of town?” Pramod Jondhale, Prateek’s father asked.
The parents were worried. Yash’s father Rajendra Pardhesi said, “It is very difficult for all the students. They were given only one meal on Tuesday and some water after supplies dried up due to heavy shelling in the city. Now they are left on their own. Huh.”
4 out of 19 Jalgaon students have already returned home
The Jalgaon District Disaster Management Office has said that at least 19 students from the district are studying in various universities in Ukraine and four of them have already returned.
District administration officials said on Wednesday that they are in touch with most of the students. mostly students in ukraine are not in the danger zone – they are either in the western regions of the country or have crossed the border. There are some who are in Kharkiv and we are not able to reach them. Four of the 19 are already houses,” said resident deputy district collector Rahul Patil.
The administration said the parents of some students approached the administration for help, but the list came from the foreign minister, who uploaded their details to the students, who were in transit. “We are trying to get the details of the students whose numbers are still not available,” Patil said.
Shoaib Kakkar, a student from Jalgaon, said that he had come to India on February 25. “I was in Kharkiv and that’s when I heard that Russia attacked. I rescheduled the February 27 flight from Kyiv to February 24. The flight was at 3 pm and I got a ticket confirmation at 10 am. I hired a cab But took, paid extra to the driver and reached Kyiv on time. I landed in Delhi and then came home.”
Sheema Shaikh, another student of Jalgaon, left her hostel at Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk on 26 February and reached the Romanian border on 27 February. He is now in Romania.
Of the 20 students from Nashik, five have returned so far. Gauri Thorat from Dindori taluka reached New Delhi on Wednesday. Ahmednagar students, who started from their base at Zaporizhzhya State Medical University on Monday, have still entered Romania. Kiran Gore, one of the students, said, “We are on our way to Budapest. From there we will be picked up.”
Marathwada people will return in 2-4 days: Officials
When the war broke out, 109 students and professionals from eight districts of the Marathwada region were in Ukraine. Of these, 18 had returned to India safely till Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, according to official data, 28 people from Nanded district are still in Ukraine, followed by 26 from Latur, 13 from Aurangabad, 11 from Osmanabad, five from Parbhani, three each from Jalna and Beed districts and two from Hingoli district. are people.
Tejpal Node-Chowdhary, from Beed’s Majalgaon taluka, is one of the relieved parents. His son Anil returned to India on Wednesday morning. Choudhary, who runs Sweet Mart, said, “We were in touch with our son praying for his safe return. The news of the death of an Indian student in Ukraine caused panic.”
Anil, a fourth year student at Vinnitsa National Pirogov Medical University, is expected to fly from Delhi to Aurangabad and reach Mazalgaon soon.
Aurangabad Deputy Divisional Commissioner Parag Soman said that all the people of Marathwada stranded in Ukraine are expected to return safely in the next two to four days. “We have set up a helpline for the affected persons and their families,” he said.
A helpline number – 0240-2343164 – has been set up by the divisional authorities for the benefit of the affected persons and their families.
(with inputs from Aurangabad)