122 Bhutanese students studying at LPU Phagwara leave for Thimphu in a special plane

Ashok Kaura

Phagwara, April 13

As many as 133 students of Bhutan–122 studying at Lovely Professional University and 11 of other institutions–who were examined by a team of the Health Department led by Dr DP Singh, left for Bhutan in a special plane sent by the Bhutan Government to Amritsar on Monday morning.

Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal said special LPU buses dropped these students at the Amritsar airport.

Blood samples of 27 contacts of LPU student Neeti Chauhan were tested and sent to lab on Sunday night. Chauhan, a student of Bachelor of Physiotherapy, hadtested positive recently.  Six students of Bhutan were admitted to the Civil Hospital after they became unwell on Sunday night.

Nodal Officer Dr Naresh Kundra told this correspondent that these students were discharged on Sunday night.

Meanwhile, medical teams are busy examining the remaining people on the LPU campus which was sealed.

Sealing of the LPU campus continued on Monday.

DC Deepti Uppal, SSP Satinder Singh and CMO Dr Jasmeet Bawa are monitoring the situation. The SSP has instructed the police officers to be strict with the violators of curfew.

Uppal has appealed to the people to realise the sensitiveness of the situation and follow self restrictions by staying in their houses.