Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, March 1
Third batch of three medical students from Ukraine returned here on Tuesday morning bringing the number of returnees to 83 in Bihar.
Still, there are more than 350 Bihari students stranded in war zone of Ukraine.
Rahul, Juhi and Kausal were received at the Patna international airport by officers of disaster management department and Patna administration. Their parents had also come from Motihari and Gopalganj in North Bihar.
According to official sources, 25 more students who had gone for studies from Gopalganj are expected to return.
Since February 27, 83 students, including 19 each from border districts of Purnia and Kishanganj have returned.
A help desk has been set up at airport to assist the students and facilitate their journey to their villages.
Union rural development Minister, Giriraj Singh, visited Begusarai and talked to Bhanu Priya,a student from Bihat village over video conferencing from her parents house and assured her safe return.He asked her to send the names of other students from the district to facilitate their early return.
Parents of Tabassum Parween of Samastipur complained there was no communication with her in Ukraine.She is a medical student at Kyiv and she could not be traced or contacted,Minister assured to talk to the External Affairs Minister.
Parents of Shivani from Shivhar also regretted for the last two days,there was no contact with her.
