45 MBBS students of the district are stuck in Ukraine. The families of the students met the DM and the commissioner and demanded to bring back the children trapped in Ukraine. These students are studying MBBS in Ukraine. The relatives have demanded the government to airlift the trapped students.
Kajal Dheeraj, mother of Falguni Dheeraj (who is trapped in Ukraine) , said that three days ago, the order to leave Ukraine was given, but the Indian Embassy did not take the situation seriously. The Indian Embassy in Ukraine did not inform the Government of India about this appalling situation at the right time. Due to the students being trapped in Ukraine, their families in Aligarh are very worried.
Falguni dheeraj told her father that we are all fine here, dont worry and just keep praying, these days shall pass soon. She further told that seeing the situation the college administration has started online classes instead of offline
Shaikh Rashid, father of the student Niyam Rashid, told that the air service coming from Ukraine to India is cancelled. Where it used to cost 22 thousand rupees for air travel, now 1.5 lakh to two lakh rupees are being taken. Indian students are upset and are tweeting and sending mails to the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister as well as the embassy.
He told that he has given a report addressed to the Prime Minister of the country to Aligarh District Magistrate Selva Kumari regarding the education of the students studying and especially their safety. The PM has been mailed for a safe exit from Ukraine. Families living in Aligarh are in touch with their children pursuing medical education in Ukraine, but may break up in the event of a war.
Due to covid 19, there has been a great impact on the education of the students. At the same time, the family is deeply pained by the Indian Embassy suddenly issuing an advisory to Indian students to leave Ukraine on 15 February on the situation of war in Ukraine. Due to the war crisis in Ukraine, the fare for the return flight to Delhi/India from there is also being charged from 1.5 lakh to two lakh rupees per passenger, whereas in normal times this fare is 22-23 thousand rupees only.