10,000 students studying in Prayagraj to be sent back home

LUCKNOW : The state government on Monday decided to send home 10,000 students of other Uttar Pradesh districts who are studying or preparing for competitive examinations in Prayagraj.

Earlier, the government had brought back 10,500 students from Kota in Rajasthan and 12,200 migrant workers from Haryana.

Addressing a press conference, additional chief secretary, home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that aware of the problems being faced by the students, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officers to make arrangement of buses to send the students in Prayagraj home.

Yogi said the officers should ensure that students face no problem. In the first phase, students of Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Chaitrakoot districts will be transported home on Tuesday morning by 300 UPSRTC buses.

After these students are reached home, the buses will transport the students of the remaining districts, Awasthi said. The state government will

also make arrangements to send home students of other states who are studying in Prayagraj, he said.Awasthi said Prayagraj administration, educational institutions, district police and UPSRTC has been directed to pre

pare a detailed list of students who wish to go home, he said. Police personnel will escort the buses to their destination.

There will be separate buses to transport male and female students, he said.