A group of Kashmiri students, evacuated from Iran, have said that they were left stranded at Delhi airport without proper arrangements to return home.
The students in a video message said that they were grateful to the government for evacuating them from Iran, but now feel abandoned in New Delhi.
“We were reassured that we would be safely taken to Kashmir after landing in Delhi, but there is no one here. No officials and no guidance,” said one of the students. “We are not in a condition to travel in buses for 20 hours,” he added.
The students said air ticket prices from Delhi to Srinagar are above 20,000, which many of them cannot afford. “I personally can’t pay 20,000 rupees for a flight ticket right now,” said another evacuee.
They urged the authorities to fulfill the commitment made to bring them back home. “They tweeted and assured us, but now we are left with no one to even call for help,” they said.
The students requested urgent intervention from the authorities to arrange either air transport or any immediate alternative arrangement.
