MEA launches devoted Twitter maintain for college kids trapped in Ukraine

Through PTI

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Sunday activated a devoted Twitter maintain, “OpGanga Helpline” (@opganga), to help within the evacuation of Indian nationals from war-torn Ukraine.

The venture to evacuate the stranded Indians from Ukraine has been named as “Operation Ganga”.

India has already arrange round the clock “keep watch over centres” in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to help within the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine via border-crossing issues with those international locations.

The helpline numbers of the keep watch over room in Poland are: +48225400000, +48795850877 and +48792712511. The ones requiring lend a hand too can write an e mail to [email protected], in keeping with the MEA.

The helpline numbers of the keep watch over room in Romania are: +40732124309, +40771632567, +40745161631 and +40741528123. The e-mail cope with for contacting the keep watch over room in Romania is [email protected].

The MEA stated Indians can touch the keep watch over room in Hungary on telephone numbers +36 308517373, +36 13257742 and +36 13257743. It additionally has a WhatsApp quantity: +36 308517373 for help.

The helpline numbers of the keep watch over room in Slovakia are +421 252631377, +421 252962916 and +421 951697560. The e-mail cope with is [email protected].

High Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level assembly at the Ukraine disaster on Sunday and asserted that making sure the protection of Indian scholars and evacuating them is the federal government’s best precedence, legitimate resources stated.

It used to be additionally determined on the assembly to additional toughen cooperation with the neighbouring international locations of Ukraine to expedite the evacuation of Indian scholars, they stated.

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar used to be a part of the assembly, which used to be additionally attended by means of best executive officers, together with Nationwide Safety Consultant (NSA) Ajit Doval. The assembly lasted for over two hours, the resources stated.

Modi presided over the assembly in an instant upon his go back from Uttar Pradesh, the place he addressed public conferences as a part of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration’s (BJP) marketing campaign for the state Meeting polls.

A lot of Indians, most commonly scholars, are stranded in Ukraine following Russia’s assault at the nation. India has begun evacuating them and over 900 other people had been introduced again since Saturday.

Modi has additionally spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky, with India calling for discussion to defuse the disaster.