Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 4 (ANI): With stranded medical students returning to India under Operation Ganga amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis, Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singhdeo on Friday wrote to Union Heath Minister Mansukh Mandaviya expressing concerns about their “further education”, and said that their future of all those students has been under question mark due to the “dire situation” in the Eastern European country.
“Medical students returning to India due to Ukraine crisis were studying in different parts, they all have different conditions, but due to this dire situation, the future of all those students has come under a question mark. Therefore, we should think seriously about all those students,” Singhdeo said in his letter written in Hindi.
The state Health Minister further suggested the accommodation of all the returnee students in the existing medical colleges of the country according to a prescribed procedure. “At present, there is a provision of screening test for the registration of Indian students who have completed their medical education from Ukraine and other countries. Similarly, considering this as a special case, for admission to the medical colleges of the affected students, such a method should be adopted after deliberation in which all the students are allotted additional seats in the medical colleges of the country after evaluation by screening test on the basis of their study period. Adjustments should be made so that the future of the affected students can be secured and assured,” he wrote in his letter.
Odisha govt steps up efforts to rescue stranded students from Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Pisochin
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Operation Ganga to bring back the stranded Indians in Ukraine, the Odisha government has stepped up its efforts to rescue its students who are stranded in Kharkiv and Pisochin.
“Many students of Odisha are stuck in Kharkiv and Pisochin areas over the last few days and they are facing several difficulties, the state government has managed to bring 65 of them safely to the border of western Ukrainian by two special buses. The process is underway to rescue all students in the area and bring them to India by Air,” said a press note from Chief Minister’s Office. The note further informed that four special representatives have been assigned under the instruction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to coordinate the smooth evacuation of the students of Odisha.
“So far, 199 students of Odisha have returned to the State, the efforts to bring back to rest of the students are being taken, Resident commission of Odisha at New Delhi is coordinating the efforts on behalf of State,” the note stated.
