Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will receive 77 Ukraine-returned Odia students, who will arrive in a special AirAsia flight at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar at 5.30 PM on Monday.
Patnaik will join the parents of the Odia students at Bhubaneswar Airport to share their joy after reaching home safely from war-torn Ukraine.
As the evacuation of Indians, mostly medical students, from war-hit Ukraine continues, Patnaik has requested the central government to allow the students to continue their education in medical colleges across India.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, Patnaik sought the Centre’s intervention to let the students get back to their medical courses from the stage their education was disrupted due to the war.
The Chief Minister said the disruption in their studies is likely to continue until the hostilities end and normalcy is restored in their universities in Ukraine