124 Students from Assam, stranded in the flood-hit state of Sikkim, have been successfully evacuated and brought back to their home state safely.
Taking to X, Ranoj Pegu wrote, “All the students from Assam stranded in Sikkim due to the natural disaster have reached Guwahati safely. I received them at hotel Radison blue and welcomed home this morning. Thanks to HCM @himantabiswa for his concern for the students and efforts to bring them home safely.”
All the students from Assam stranded in Sikkim due to the natural disaster have reached Guwahati safely. I received them at hotel Radison blue and welcomed home this morning. Thanks to HCM @himantabiswa for his concern for the students and efforts to bring them home safely. pic.twitter.com/uCfxh6Gx6u
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) October 9, 2023
“Thanks to the Officers and others staff of Assam Govt. who travelled to Sikkim to bring the students home. The highway was still cut off and our buses evacuated the students by different route,” he further wrote.
Thanks to the Officers and others staff of Assam Govt. who travelled to Sikkim to bring the students home. The highway was still cut off and our buses evacuated the students by different route.
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) October 9, 2023
The students were put up at Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati’s Jalukbari area. They were received by the state education minister there.
Apart from the minister, top administrative and police officials were also present to greet the students from Assam who had enrolled in various educational institutions in Sikkim.
From the hotel, the students will be taken back to their respective homes and reunited with their families.
Six buses from the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) were utilised to transport the students back to Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had previously stated on October 6 that two senior officers were sent to manage the evacuation the students, stranded in the Rongpo and Majitar areas of Sikkim.
The Chief Minister personally supervised the entire rescue mission.
