By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala authorities will bear the price of flight tickets for the scholars arriving in Delhi and Mumbai on evacuation flights organized by the Union Government from Ukraine which is beneath assault from Russian forces, state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated on Saturday.
Vijayan stated steps have been taken by the state authorities to gather the main points of Keralites reaching the nation from Ukraine. The Kerala Resident Commissioner in Delhi and the NORKA officers will guarantee amenities for the sleek journey of scholars to the state from airports of Delhi and Mumbai, Vijayan stated in a Facebook publish.
“The state government will provide flight tickets to Kerala for the students arriving at Delhi and Mumbai airports on evacuation flights arranged by the Union Government from Ukraine. The District Collectors have been directed to receive the students arriving at the airports in Kerala and to arrange the necessary facilities,” Vijayan stated.
The japanese European nation has been beneath assault since February 24. The Left authorities had earlier sought the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs to make sure the protection of two,320 college students from Kerala finding out in Ukraine. Television channels have aired quite a few visuals of Kerala college students within the war-hit nation explaining their plight.
Earlier within the day, Air India’s first evacuation flight departed from Romanian capital Bucharest for Mumbai with roughly 250 Indian nationals who had been stranded there. Around 20,000 Indians, primarily college students, are at the moment stranded in Ukraine, the officers had stated.
