120 students stuck in Punjab reach Nashik

Nashik: The 120

students

stranded in Punjab’s Lovely University reached Nashik late on Monday following which they left for their homes in six different buses arranged by district guardian minister Chhagan Bhujbal.

"These students were stranded in Punjab. We requested Supriya Sule to help us in bringing them back to their homes. She coordinated with several people and made it possible," Bhujbal said.

The students had reached Nashik on Monday night and were put up in MET-Bhujbal Knowledge City overnight. They left for their homes at 10am.

"We had made arrangements to send these students by our college buses. They had breakfast in the morning and we provided them with food and water for their travel," Bhujbal added.

According to the district administration, the students had left for Nashik from Jalandhar on May 2 after their primary screening. They were screened again after they reached the city.

"No student has shown any symptom of Covid-19 and will stay in home quarantine for next two weeks," a district administration official said, adding the buses have been sent to Solapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Pune and Ratnagiri.

There are a total 165 students from the state studying at the aforesaid university. Of them 120 have reached Nashik and the remaining 45 will reach Nashik on Wednesday.

"The other 45 students have also left from Punjab and will reach here tomorrow (Wednesday). We have made arrangements for them and they will also be sent to home in the college buses," the official said.

Prasad Khedkar, a PhD student of Lovely University, said "All the students were feeling stressed due to the lockdown. Although the hostels were providing us food, panic had started to creep in. Our parents were also getting worried. We are grateful to the government for making arrangements for us."

Apart from the students, there are a total eight teachers who hail from Maharashtra and were working at the university. They were accompanying the students.


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