Nearly 2,000 from Haryana stuck in Ukraine, in touch with MEA: CM Khattar
India Today
The MEA had already set up a control room, while in Chandigarh, a control room has been set up by the state government, says Haryana CM.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that nearly 2,000 people from Haryana, mostly students, were stuck in Ukraine and he was in touch with Ministry of External Affairs on this issue.
Khattar also said the MEA had already set up a control room, while in Chandigarh, a control room has been set up by the state government where people from Haryana can contact on WhatsApp number 92123-14595. They can also reach Foreign Cooperation Department of Haryana government over email -- mailto:contactusatfcd@gmail.com.
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Khattar, who was addressing a joint press conference with Home Minister Anil Vij, said that among the Indians who are stuck in Ukraine include nearly 2,000 from Haryana.
"I am in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs," the chief minister said, replying to a question on the Ukraine situation and the number of those from Haryana stuck there.
To another question, he said that among the nearly 2,000 from Haryana who are stuck most are students and among them most are medical students.
India on Thursday mounted a major initiative to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine to neighbouring countries through land border crossings after Russia launched a large-scale military assault on the eastern European nation, triggering major global concerns and sanctions against Moscow by several Western powers.
