J&K administration seeks early return of students from Bangladesh in view of Eid

Jammu, May 9

In view of Eid on May 25, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has sought an early return of all students of the Union territory stranded in Bangladesh under the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ launched to bring back Indians stuck abroad amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The first batch of 168 students of Jammu and Kashmir, studying in Bangladesh, was airlifted to Srinagar on May 8.

According to the Union Territory administration, around 230 to 240 students are still stranded in the neighbouring country.

A spokesperson said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam had written to Union Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan over the matter.

“Their early return attains significance in view of the ongoing holy month of Ramzan and the approaching Eid festival on May 25,” Subrahmanyam has written to the Foreign Secretary.

The Chief Secretary has pointed out that with the present plan of evacuating these students in a staggered manner, there was every apprehension that such students, who had to take flights at later dates would get anxious.

Seeking personal intervention of the Foreign Secretary, Subrahmanyam has called for arranging for return of these students to Srinagar in a single flight so that they reached home well before Eid. PTI