Medical Students Evacuated from Iran
Karnataka- 126 students from Karnataka stranded in Iran have been evacuated and brought to Turkmenistan. The 126 people were divided into two batches, the first batch has already landed in Bengaluru on Thursday, and the second will arriveon Friday.
The move comes after a forum was written to the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Tehran, urging them to take immediate steps to evacuate the stranded people to safe places and bring them back to Karnataka.
On this, the Indian government launched an Operation called “Sindhu” to evacuate Indians from Iran and Israel, therefore, Indians started arriving in India from Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, in this regard, Dr Arathi Krishna, Vice President of the Non-Resident Indian Forum of the Government of Karnataka, said, "The 126 people evacuated include medical students, tourists and people who went on pilgrimage in Iran. They contacted the NRI Forum and sought help. We coordinated, made arrangements and they were evacuated from Iran”, quoted EdexLive.
Dr Aarti further informed that on Thursday, June 19, these people were in Turkmenistan, from where they will be brought to Karnataka. The first batch was scheduled to land in the state on Thursday, while the second batch is expected to arrive by Friday. Meanwhile, she also said that the Forum has not received any call from Israel yet.
Along with this, Aarti's Officer on Special Duty HS Satish said, "The students who were in Qom (city of Iran) have now been shifted to Mashad. The embassy is making all preparations to evacuate them. However, those who had gone for religious studies have not yet reached Mashad and efforts are being made by the embassy."
