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New Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Telangana Bhavan emerges a sanctuary for the stranded
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi has emerged as a safe sanctuary for the hundreds of Telangana-origin people who are presently in regions within range of Pakistani missiles. On the directions of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, the Telangana Bhavan was designated as the nodal centre for coordination and relief operations for citizens stranded or returning from the affected areas. A 24x7 control room was established to receive distress calls and coordinate rescue and support efforts. On Saturday, Telangana Bhavan was sheltering 30 citizens, including students from Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar, and other individuals from Jammu, while five have safely returned to their home towns. The Bhavan has arranged accommodation, food and transportation for them. Resident Commissioner Gaurav Uppal has been proactive, interacting with the evacuees and collecting their details to further facilitate support. In addition, a medical camp has been set up at Telangana Bhavan to ensure immediate health check-ups and necessary care. Uppal stated that close liaison is being maintained with district administrations in the border regions from where distress calls are being received. Requesting anonymity, a scholar from IIT Jammu described the recent drone attacks to TNIE as 'horrible'. 'I was on the terrace talking to my mother when I saw lights in the sky. Within minutes, there was a loud sound and then blackout,' he recalled.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Telangana students from Punjab, J&K seek to return
Hyderabad: Even as India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire in the wake of Operation Sindoor, more than 100 students from Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, IIT Jammu, and other institutions in Srinagar reached the control room set up by the state govt at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi. Officials said they were making arrangements to send the students to Telangana. However, it was not immediately known if the students would alter their plans now that the ceasefire has been agreed students started reaching out to Telangana Bhavan from Friday night, with the first batch being from IIT Jammu and other institutions in Srinagar. On Saturday morning, students from LPU began arriving."They came to New Delhi by rail and road. We are providing accommodation, food, and transport facilities to them to reach their homes in Telangana. Many students booked flight tickets from Delhi. A few others are making plans to travel by car to Telangana. Some of the tickets are not confirmed, and we are trying to get them confirmed. More people are expected to reach out to us," Telangana Bhavan resident commissioner Gaurav Uppal told many students did not come back after the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22. However, after Operation Sindoor was launched in the early hours of May 7, parents of the students started calling them back."We too wanted to return to Telangana. We could hear loud sounds during the night. There was no confirmation, but we used to discuss in our hostel rooms that a drone or a missile could have gone over our campus. There are nearly 300 students from Telangana in LPU, and all of us decided to come back. Many have already reached their homes. A final decision was taken after the university postponed our exams," said Ashrith Satya Bitla, a first-year BTech student at Saturday afternoon, the control room at Telangana Bhavan had received nearly 100 calls from students and students and those working in areas that are close to the Pakistan Bhavan helplineLandline: 011-23380556Vandhana, private secretary to the resident commissioner & liaison head – 9871999044Haider Ali Naqvi, personal assistant to the resident commissioner – 9971387500G Rakshith Naik, liaison officer – 9643723157Ch Chakravarthy, public relations officer – 9949351270Free food and lodging facilities are being provided to Telangana citizens returning from bordering states at Telangana Bhavan. Medical camps have been established for health check-upsTelangana residents are being provided transportation assistance to the airport, railway stations, and bus stands.
