A complete of 271 Indian nationals who have been stranded in Ukraine returned to the rustic by way of Romania on Saturday.
Many of the scholars who reached Mumbai airport have been from the western a part of Ukraine, which is nearer to the Romanian border.
Union Minister of Trade and Trade Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra cupboard minister Anil Parab and Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar have been provide on the airport to welcome the scholars.
Indubai Bhalerao, a senior citizen from the Kandivali house of Mumbai, got here to obtain her granddaughter Kashmira whilst her grandson Aditya was once nonetheless in Ukraine.
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She mentioned, “We’re apprehensive about my grandson. I’m hoping he is in a position to go back too.” Bhalerao’s son Harshad added, “My son by hook or by crook controlled to succeed in a secure location. He was once helped via the locals there. I’m hoping that all of the scholars who’re in Ukraine come again safely. My daughter was once helped via the embassy to succeed in India. The embassy is operating in spaces the place conflict isn’t taking place.”
A number of the evacuees, many of the scholars are ladies, mentioned Kalyan resident Pooja Agarwal, whose son Prathamesh was once about to reach. She was once pleased with the federal government’s step to convey the scholars again.
Prathamesh Agarwal was once welcomed via his mom on attaining the airport. Prathamesh informed India Lately, “I believe fortunate to have reached house. We have been in a secure zone, however actually panicked. A lot of our pals are stranded in Kyiv.”
A couple of associations from Kerala had reached the airport to offer logistical lend a hand to 27 scholars from their state.
Abhishek Barabve from Amravati, a first-year MBBS scholar at Bukovinian State Scientific College in Chernivtsi in Ukraine, after attaining the Mumbai airport mentioned, “As I’m a first-year scholar, my immigration was once no longer whole and was once discovering it tough to get a price tag.”
In the meantime, as the scholars landed, a verbal duel happened between the NCP and the BJP employees seeking to welcome scholars at a pitch upper than the opposite. The CISF and Mumbai police had a troublesome time controlling the gang.
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