Ready to bear expenses of telangana students return from Ukraine, KTR appeals Centre

The Telangana government on Friday urged the Centre to arrange special aircraft to bring back students from the state who are stranded in Ukraine and said it is ready to bear the full travel expenses of the evacuation. Telangana Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao made an appeal to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar regarding the plight of students from the state stuck in the eastern European country.

"We appeal to Govt of India to arrange for special aircrafts & Telangana Govt is ready to bear the full travel expenses for these students so we can bring them home safe & soonest," tweeted Rama Rao, who is also the ruling TRS Working President.

The state government has set up



helplines at the Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi and the state secretariat here to help the migrants and students from the state who are stranded in Ukraine, even as Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy has also taken up the issue.

In a press release, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Friday said the helplines received 75 calls since last night. The Chief Secretary, who held a teleconference with the Resident Commissioner of Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi and other officials, said the state government is in constant touch with the Ministry of External Affairs.

Meanwhile, Telangana BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated measures to help the Indians in Ukraine.