HYDERABAD: Nearly 200 medical students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who are among the 500 Indian students stuck in Kazakhstan have urged the Union government to operate special flights to bring them back home. “We are wondering what will happen to us,” Grace Anu of Hyderabad told TOI.
Another student, Shakil Akhil, said that if they were brought back to India, they would follow the quarantine procedure. It may be mentioned here that the students had a difficult time when they reached Almaty on March 20 to travel back to India but the international flights to India were cancelled even before the lockdown was announced.
For a week, the students stayed put in the Almaty International Airport hoping they would be evacuated. They also ran out of money and the lockdown there made it worse for them to even get food to eat. The plight of students was brought to the notice of the Delhi high court by a student, Sehla Saira, through advocate Fouzia who explained the difficulties of the students. It was following the court order that the Indian embassy in Kazakhstan appointed a nodal officer and provided accommodation and other facilities to the students.
Another student, Amaan Khan, said the only information they had was that a flight would be operated from Almaty but this reportedly was to fly back those from Rajasthan as they were in large numbers. This is expected to happen in the second phase of evacuation from May 15.The other students seeking to return to India are from Delhi, Assam, Manipur and Rajasthan.
Another student, Shakil Akhil, said that if they were brought back to India, they would follow the quarantine procedure. It may be mentioned here that the students had a difficult time when they reached Almaty on March 20 to travel back to India but the international flights to India were cancelled even before the lockdown was announced.
For a week, the students stayed put in the Almaty International Airport hoping they would be evacuated. They also ran out of money and the lockdown there made it worse for them to even get food to eat. The plight of students was brought to the notice of the Delhi high court by a student, Sehla Saira, through advocate Fouzia who explained the difficulties of the students. It was following the court order that the Indian embassy in Kazakhstan appointed a nodal officer and provided accommodation and other facilities to the students.
Another student, Amaan Khan, said the only information they had was that a flight would be operated from Almaty but this reportedly was to fly back those from Rajasthan as they were in large numbers. This is expected to happen in the second phase of evacuation from May 15.The other students seeking to return to India are from Delhi, Assam, Manipur and Rajasthan.
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