Nearly 18,000 students and workers hailing from Arunachal Pradesh are stranded in various parts of the country and the state government is trying to bring them back on priority, said Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. He said the state government is reaching out to these people.
Pema Khandu was speaking at a special session at ‘E-Agenda Aaj Tak’.
“Since the nationwide lockdown has been extended, we want to make sure that people from our state stranded in other parts of the country don’t suffer. Our senior officers are keeping in touch with the people so that they don’t face any problems,” he said.
He said only six districts in the North East are under the Orange Zone and all districts in Arunachal Pradesh are in the Green Zone.
“We have decided to bring back our stranded people in a phased manner. In the first phase, we will bring back Arunachalis who are stranded in other Northeastern states. We have started a portal for this. People from other states will be brought back in the second phase,” Pema Khandu said.
Asked about students and workers stranded in Delhi, he said Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, a Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh, is in touch with them.
“Officials at the Arunachal Bhavan in Delhi is keeping in touch with them. We have yet not decided people from which states will be brought back first in the second phase. We will soon hold a cabinet meet and all-party meet on this,” he said.
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