Dispur: Six students from Assam have been evacuated from Ukraine by the Ministry of External Affairs, and they have arrived in New Delhi and Mumbai on separate flights on Sunday morning.
Officials of Assam Bhawan in Mumbai and New Delhi have received the students and have done the necessary arrangements to send them to home.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also confirmed that the students were received by Assam Bhavan officials at Mumbai and all arrangements for their stay and free travel to Guwahati were being made.
“Our teams will ensure all assistance to such students,” Sarma added.
The students who have been evacuated are Tanmayee Parashar, Siya Das, Daisy Basumatary, Kritika Basant (Guwahati), Anurag Bhuyan (Gohpur) and Himashree Kakati (Sualkuchi).
Tanmayee and Siya, who arrived in Mumbai, are currently in Assam Bhawan in Mumbai and all the arrangements are being made to send them home.
Anurag and Kritika were received by officials from Assam Bhawan, New Delhi, on their arrival in New Delhi on Sunday. They will be staying with their relatives in Delhi and air travel from Delhi to Guwahati will be arranged accordingly.
Himashree and Daisy arrived in New Delhi Sunday morning and they were received by officials from Assam Bhawan, Delhi. They will be staying in Assam House, Delhi, and their air travel from New Delhi to Guwahati is being arranged accordingly by the Assam government.
All the students have been studying medicine in different universities and colleges in Ukraine.
The Assam government is in constant touch with the Ministry of External Affairs for hassle free evacuation and safe travel of the students.
Sarma had also spoken to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday regarding the evacuation of people from Assam stranded in Ukraine.
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