In a significant relief for students stranded Rajasthan’s Kota district, the Chhattisgarh government on Friday sent 75 buses to the coaching hub to bring back more than 1,500 students hailing from different districts across the state.
“The buses are being sent to bring back children who are stuck in Kota. All the necessary arrangements have been made to bring them back safely,” Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said in a statement.
Notable, Kota is a hub of coaching institutes for India’s premier entrance exams for medical and engineering colleges. More than 30 lakh people reside in the city, out of which a major chunk is students who come to prepare for the entrance exams.
Recently, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh brought back the stranded students from their states from Kota even as the lockdown continues and taking a cue from the other states, the Chhattisgarh chief minister too sought special permission from Union home minister Amit Shah by calling him on Thursday.