Principal Secretary, Department of Transport and Roads and Buildings, and Chairman of the State Level Task Force Committee M.T. Krishna Babu on Saturday said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had directed setting up of reception centres at Mumbai and New Delhi airports to receive and assist the students returning from Ukraine and bring them back to their native places.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Krishna Babu said a master list was prepared with details of students in Ukraine, gathered from various helpline numbers and the data available with the Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society, and it was shared with the Indian Embassy and the Union Ministry of External Affairs.
He said two flights were coming from Bucharest, one would land in New Delhi and another in Mumbai. The Ministry of External Affairs had communicated that 22 Telugu students were being flown back in the two flights but of them, only three were from Andhra Pradesh. He said the Mumbai flight would reach by 6 p.m. on Saturday and the Delhi flight would land at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Separate teams were formed to receive the students, he added.
