By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI: Senior IPS officer of 1998 batch, Ravi Kant, Resident Commissioner of Odisha in New Delhi has been designated as Nodal Officer for safe and early return of stranded citizens of Odisha in Ukraine.
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State Government has opened 24×7 Control Room for the Odia people stranded in Ukraine. Odisha Government is liasing with Government of India for their safe return.Round The Clock Control Room with phone number: 0674-2534177 and Mobile number 76829 82668 is operational.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today spoke to Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and discussed the safe return of Odia students and workers stuck in Ukraine. Jaishankar assured the Chief Minister of the safe evacuation of Indians stranded in Ukraine.
Earlier in the day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seekig his intervention into for safe evacuation of stranded Odia students and labourers from the war torn Ukraine.CM Patnaik has announced that the State Government will bear the expenses for bringing back Students and Workers of Odisha stranded in Ukraine. Development Commissioner P.K. Jena to coordinate the return of stranded persons.
Shah assured Odisha CM that India Government is in touch with the Ukraine Government and working to bring back students and labourers from Ukraine at the earliest.
“Sometimes, the world of social media can be cruel towards fellow humans. Instead of sympathising with the people stranded in Ukraine, they are subjecting them to taunts. Their calls for help are being made fun of. Many Odia students are trapped in Ukraine. I appeal to PM Narendra Modi and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to take urgent steps to evacuate them safely to India,” Odisha PCC President Niranjan Patnaik said.
