In-charge Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi instructed all the District Magistrates that there are students and other citizens of Uttarakhand in Ukraine, their families should be contacted.
यूक्रेन केआस पास फसें लोगों को शेयर करें- जीतमणि पैन्यूली संपादक देहरादून
In-charge Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi instructed all the District Magistrates through video conference in the Secretariat to establish constant contact with the families of students and other citizens of Uttarakhand in Ukraine. Information about the current location of the citizens and students of Uttarakhand trapped in Ukraine should also be given to the government and the office of the local commissioner in Delhi from time to time, so that all information can be exchanged to MEA expeditiously.
He said that information is also being taken from the Indian Embassy in the countries bordering Ukraine. So far, information has been received of 282 people from Uttarakhand, who are stranded in Ukraine and its adjoining countries, out of which 33 have returned home safely. 03 WhatsApp groups have been formed linking the mobile numbers of students trapped in Ukraine and their families living in Uttarakhand, in which all senior officials are also connected. District level officials are personally in constant contact with the families of the students trapped in Ukraine. With the joint efforts of the Government of India and the State Government, efforts are being made to bring everyone back safely.
In-charge Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi said that coordination centers have been set up in Delhi and Mumbai for the people of Uttarakhand coming from Ukraine on behalf of the state. Arrangements have been made for lodging and food for all the visitors, arrangements have been made by the state to bring them from Delhi to their destination. Whatever information is being received about the current location of the citizens of Uttarakhand coming from Ukraine, those information should be exchanged expeditiously so that the information can be sent to the local commissioner’s office and MEA in time. He directed all the district magistrates that on the basis of the data received, a team should be sent to the citizens of Uttarakhand stranded in Ukraine and its adjoining countries or their families who have not been contacted yet. Nodal officers have been deployed at district and tehsil level to bring back all the citizens of Uttarakhand from Ukraine safely and to establish better coordination. All arrangements are being made by the government, administration and police with mutual coordination. Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman has been sent to New Delhi as nodal officer to establish better coordination on behalf of Uttarakhand Government.
In-charge Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi said that State Disaster Operation Center has been activated at the state level to bring back the people of Uttarakhand trapped in Ukraine safely and to know about their present location. In this center, the information received from all the districts and information department will be given to RC office and MEA.
In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, ADG Intelligence Sanjay Gunjyal, Secretary S. a. Murugesan, Vinod Kumar Suman, DIG Intelligence Smt. Nivedita Kukreti, Additional Secretary Sonkar, all District Magistrates and ARC Ajay Mishra were present through virtual medium.