Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday wrote a letter to the Union Minister of Home, Amit Shah along with a list of students who are presently stranded in Ukraine. Soren, requested Shah that parents of these students are very worried about the wellbeing of their children and they are requesting the government to ensure their safe return to Jharkhand.
He said that according to a rough estimate around 20,000 Indians including 18,000 students are in Ukraine and they need to be evacuated after the attack of Russia.
“I am enclosing herewith a hurriedly prepared list of persons from Jharkhand stuck in Ukraine along with their addresses and contact numbers and request you to kindly instruct the concerned officials of the Government of India to take steps for their safe return to our State. Till such times they could be accommodated in safe places with an adequate supply of essential items,” CM informed.
CM said that relatives and parents of such students from Jharkhand are constantly approaching his office and they want help.
He said that students are in a “state of panic and horror and compelled to move with a limited stock of essential provisions to makeshift safety places like underground metro rail lines.
“Even the departmental stores are insisting on cash payments against essential procurements. Extreme inclement weather is adding to their pain. I feel we must reach out to them in this hour of crisis and make the best possible efforts to evacuate them back home,” he said.
CM also criticized Russia for unleashing a war on Ukraine. He said that people initially thought it was just posturing by Russia which turned out to be a monumental blunder. “Eventually on Thursday Russia invaded the internationally accepted sovereign boundaries of Ukraine. Now it's a full-blown war and various cities of Ukraine including its capital city Kyiv are being attacked with bombs. Several hundred lives have been lost. As per reports Ukraine forces are currently engaged with Russian forces just outside the capital city of Kyiv,” CM wrote.
