Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, March 4: A group of two students of Jharkhand returned home from Ukraine on Friday. They arrived at the Ranchi Airport. Zafar Ansari of Jamshedpur was one of them who witnessed the terrible war situation in the European nation.
On reaching Jamshedpur, Zafar heaved a sigh of relief. “In the war-hit Ukraine, there was no one to help us. But as soon as we saw the rescue team from India with the Tricolour, our hopes for life and a safe return to our motherland were revived,” he said.
According to Zafar, still many more Indians are stuck in Ukraine in hope of evacuation. The number of such people could be in hundreds, he said.
“Our university had sent a message to the Indian Embassy on behalf of Indian students for our evacuation. We had no idea that the war would affect every area. I am grateful to the Central government for my safe return,” he said.
Zafar said the Indian students stuck in Ukraine had received war alert but had no idea of the situation getting worse so fast. Ignoring the alert resulted in a bad situation for one and all, he said.
Mohammad Sakib back home from Ukraine
Mohammad Sajid, a medical student and son of Congress leader Gulam Sarwar, returned to Mosabani from Ukraine on Friday. He was accorded warm welcome by family, friends and well-wishers. State Youth Congress general secretary Mohammad Naushad and other party leaders welcomed him with bouquets and shawl. They expressed hope that all other Indian students return home safely.
Sakib expressed happiness over his safe return and said efforts should be expedited to evacuate other Indian students from Ukraine.
Baradwari’s Rashika Khemka returns to Jamshedpur
Rashika Khemka of Baradwari finally made it to her home town on Friday. She arrived at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi today. She was part of a group of students evacuated from Ukraine. The students came to Jharkhand via New Delhi.
Rashika was accorded a warm welcome by her parents, relatives and local administration officials. Her parents could not stop their tears on seeing her back. She said she had led Odessa in Ukraine and reached Moldova on Sunday morning. From here, she took a bus to Romania and waited for a flight to New Delhi at the Bucharest Airport. She did not know which flight would take her to New Delhi. Adequate arrangements were made at the Bucharest Airport, she said.
Many students have returned to Jharkhand from Ukraine in the last several days. On Tuesday last, Heera Fatima of Jamshedpur had returned home. She broke down while describing the situation in Ukraine. Another student, Aditi Sharma of Truck Park, Telco, reached Jamshedpur yesterday. Her father, Rakesh Sharma, is a Tata Cummins employee.
