91 students from Karnataka stranded in Ukraine
The Hindu
As many as 91 persons from 22 districts in Karnataka are stranded in crisis-hit Ukraine, according to the latest figures shared by the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA). As per the district-wise information of stranded persons received by the control room of the Disaster Management as of 6 a.m. on February 25, Bengaluru had the highest number at 28. Ten are from Mysuru and five each from Ballari and Hassan. Four each are from Bagalkot and Chamarajanagar, three each from Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Haveri and Raichur, two each from Chitradurga, Davangere, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Udupi, and Vijayapura, and one each from Kolar, Shivamogga, and Uttara Kannada. All 91 persons are students pursuing medical courses. “The information collected by our 24/7 control room has been shared with the Ministry of External Affairs and embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine, to make all possible arrangements for safe evacuation of stranded students hailing from Karnataka. Further, MEA officers in countries bordering Ukraine are in strategic locations for safe evacuation through alternative routes. To assist in the evacuation of Indians from Ukraine, MEA teams are being sent to countries in the neighbourhood: Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic and Romania.
KSDMA has created a web portal, which can also be accessed on mobile phones, to collect relevant information of stranded persons in Ukraine who hail from Karnataka. The URL is http://ukraine.karnataka.tech
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