Nearly a hundred Gujarat students have returned home from the war-torn Ukraine via a special flight to Mumbai and then GSRTC buses provided by the Gujarat government.
On Saturday, a special Air India flight arranged by the central government safely returned 44 Gujarat students to Mumbai. The students were then transported to Gujarat by Volvo buses provided by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), which were provided by the state government.
Another group of Gujarat students arrived in Delhi early on Sunday morning on a special flight. Their return journey to Gujarat from Delhi was also arranged by the state government.
The state government spokesperson Jitubhai Vaghani said, “The Gujarat government has information of 584 persons from the state who are stuck in Ukraine. The state government is in constant touch with India’s ministry of external affairs and embassy. The state government has also launched a helpline number 079-232-38278 which will function between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.”
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Vaghani welcomed around twenty seven students who returned from Ukraine at the Gandhinagar Circuit House on Monday. “I thank our PM Narendra Modi for the arrangements made for the return of about 100 students from Gujarat stranded in the war-torn areas of Ukraine. The government of India has arranged a special plane to bring back 100 Gujarat students from war-hit Ukraine.”
The Chief Minister Office (CMO) stated in a tweet that the state government had made arrangements to bring the students back to Gujarat.