Nagaland student arrives in Delhi from Ukraine

NEW DELHI: A large number of students from various parts of India, including from the Northeastern States are still stranded in war-hit Ukraine. However, one medical student from Nagaland arrived on Wednesday at the Indira Gandhi International airport here in a special aircraft.

The girl student hails from Dimapur in Nagaland and is a daughter of a doctor.

"I walked for two days to reach Poland along with other Indian friends," the visibly-relieved student told this journalist.

She requested anonymity.

"It's good to be home," she said, adding that it's a challenging time for all, but all Indian students are putting up a brave fight.

The special aircraft arrived here at around 1 am on Wednesday and the student was received at the airport by Nagaland Government officials led by Senior Public Relations Officer (PRO) Koulie Mere.

Deputy Resident Commissioner Wennyei Konyak accorded her a warm welcome at the Nagaland House at 29 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road.

The Nagaland Government is organizing her flight to Dimapur on Thursday (March 3).

Meanwhile, from Mizoram two nuns working with the Missionaries of Charity, Rosela Nuthangu and Ann Feda, are still stranded in Ukraine, sources said.

Of the two nuns, Sister Feda has been working in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Sister Ann Feda reportedly took her first oath in 1998 to become a nun to join the Missionaries of Charity order and was sent to Ukraine in 2015, according to her elder brother Dengdailova, also a chairman of the St Mary's Parish church in Aizawl.

A senior Mizoram Government Home Ministry official also said there was no information of any other Mizos being in Ukraine.

There are a good number of medical students studying in Ukraine from Tripura and other Northeastern States as well, sources said. (IANS)

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