10-05-2025
Odia students studying in Jammu return home
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Bhubaneswar: Odia students returning from Jammu and Kashmir spoke about the bravery of Indian armed forces and modern warfare that stopped drones and missiles fired by Pakistan.
"The experience was very terrifying. But our armed forces saved the city and people from continuous drone and missile attacks. As family members were not there, we were feeling worried. University authorities and Odisha govt helped us return home," said Hena Mangal from Balasore, who is a student of Central Sanskrit University, student, Gitanjali Jena, said she had never heard of sirens or been in a war-like situation before. "Two of our exams were conducted on a single day. University authorities advised us to go home and arranged everything for us to reach Delhi. From there, our state govt took care of us," she Nayak, a student at the Central University of Jammu, said everyone was feeling scared on witnessing the drones. "While we were returning to Odisha, we heard that one fell in the backyard of our hostel," she students returned to Odisha by different trains. They got down at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, and Jharsuguda. Local regional transport officers and police helped them with vehicles to go home. "Doing our bit to support those in need. Kudos to the commerce and transport department team for facilitating the smooth transit of students arriving from Jammu to their respective destinations across Odisha," said commerce and transport department secretary Usha Padhee in her X more
students studying in Jammu and Kashmir
and Uttarakhand are on their way to Odisha. Five Odia students stranded in Srinagar have appealed to the Odisha govt to bring them home.
