Bengaluru
A total of 346 people from Karnataka are stranded in crisis-hit Ukraine, according to data shared by the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) at 3.30 p.m. on Friday.
Those stranded are from 29 districts in the State, with 115 from Bengaluru. There are 30 people from Mysuru, 24 from Vijayapura, and 22 from Bagalkot, among others. “The information collected by our 24/7 control room has been shared with the Ministry of External Affairs and Embassy of India in Kiev, Ukraine, to make arrangements for safe evacuation of stranded students hailing from Karnataka. Further, the MEA officers in countries bordering Ukraine are in strategic locations for safe evacuation through alternative routes,” the KSDMA said.
