SHILLONG: About 405 Indian college students, together with 80 from Meghalaya, have been evacuated from stressed Bangladesh into India by means of the Dawki built-in check-post as on date, chief minister Conrad Okay Sangma mentioned on Friday.
As well as, a big variety of college students from Nepal and a few pupils from Bhutan have additionally entered the state by means of Dawki.
“There are loads of college students from many elements of the world finding out there who’ve been affected.As quickly as we received this data, we instantly swung into motion and evacuated near 405 college students from India by means of Dawki. Of them, about 80 are from Meghalaya,” the CM informed reporters on Friday night.
“We even have college students from Bhutan and Nepal and a few vacationers who have been caught and have crossed the border from the Dawki aspect,” he added.
“On the identical time, some issues have been raised relating to one specific school, Jap Medical School, the place about 36 college students of ours are there. We’re in contact with the officers and with the Indian Embassy,” he mentioned.
He added, “So, I wish to inform all of the dad and mom that we’re repeatedly in contact with them. Until and till we’re very certain that the route is obvious and they are often safely dropped at the border, we must watch the state of affairs,” he mentioned, including, they’d be coming into by means of Tripura.
As per official data, a complete of 127 Indian college students (39 are from Meghalaya) finding out in Jap Medical School in Bangladesh are leaving their campus by bus and coming into India by means of the Sonamura Border close to Agartala. The state authorities has activated a helpline quantity (1800-345-3644) for residents of Meghalaya who might require help because of the ongoing disaster in Bangladesh.
Extra SP (Jowai) Hiwot Rymbai has been deputed as a nodal officer on the border together with govt officer of the Land Port Authority Dawki, Thomas, as assistant nodal officer.
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