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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
K Shiva Shanker

Indian students stuck in Ukraine’s Sumy melt snow for water

Indian students stuck in Sumy, Ukraine, are in dire situation. After a bomb exploded in the city on Thursday evening, there is no water supply to them. The students said that they are forced to collect snow, melt and use it for drinking, cooking.

"We stored some water yesterday which was over by Friday morning. So we have collected the snow in buckets, melted it, filtered and consumed it," said Abdul Rawoof, one among close to 600-800 Indian students in Sumy waiting to be rescued.

Another student Nizammudin Aman said that the water supply is cut off from Thursday night. "Thankfully it's heavily snowing today. So now we're collecting snow from outside our hostel and melting it using electric induction and kettles," said Mr. Nizammudin.

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