new Delhi: A total of 918 students, including some students from other states, have been brought back to Andhra Pradesh from crisis-hit Ukraine, government sources said on Sunday.
MT Krishna Babu, principal secretary (transport and building department) and chairman of the special task force set up by the Andhra Pradesh government to evacuate students from Ukraine said that 692 students were brought back by the government under Operation Ganga, while another 226 were brought back. returned. home on your own.
Babu said in a government release that only one student said that he was living in Ukraine and the other had reached his relatives’ house in Poland.
Among those brought back by the Andhra government, six students are from Telangana, two from Karnataka and one each from Kerala and Odisha, and the domicile status of another 96 is not known, he said, adding that some students left Ukraine before the start. Was. After the announcement from the Indian embassy fought.
Babu further said that the education advisors have brought back some students whose data is not available, and some students who have crossed the border in neighboring countries have gone on their own or gone to their relatives in other countries Huh.
The STF chief was quoted by news agency PTI as saying, “We have deputed our government representatives to countries bordering Ukraine such as Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, where a large number of students of AP origin have crossed the international border. “
Government representatives have offered support and ensured the safe evacuation of Indian students. Babu said that after he reached India, the Andhra government made all arrangements to send him home.
Meanwhile, a group of evacuated people will meet Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Secretariat on Monday and thank the Andhra government for its timely efforts for their safe return.
According to a report in The Hindu, the team that met the CM on Monday includes Sajjala Ramakrishna, Advisor (Public Affairs) to the government, Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, Special Officer on International Affairs Gitesh Sharma, former CEO, RTGS, Ahmed Babu, Andhra . Dinesh Kumar, CEO, State Non-Resident Telugu Society, President, APNRT MS. Venkat, Special Representative for Europe Ravindra Reddy, Deputy Adviser on NRT Affairs Chandrahasa Reddy and Special Representative for AP in NATA P Ratnakar.