Chandigarh: A total of 134 Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in Punjab amid coronavirus lockdown, were allowed to leave by a special flight, a government official said on Monday.
"One hundred and thirty-four Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in the hostels of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-Jalandhar, were allowed to leave for Bhutan through a special flight arranged by the Bhutanese government," Special Chief Secretary K.B.S. Sidhu, who is in-charge to monitor state-wide coronavirus cases, informed in a tweet.
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134 Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in the hostels of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara–Jalandhar, were allowed them to leave for Bhutan 🇧🇹 through a special flight arranged by Bhutanese Government.
— KBS Sidhu, IAS, Spl. Chief Secretary, Punjab. (@kbssidhu1961) April 13, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">134 Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in the hostels of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara–Jalandhar, were allowed them to leave for Bhutan 🇧🇹 through a special flight arranged by Bhutanese Government.
— KBS Sidhu, IAS, Spl. Chief Secretary, Punjab. (@kbssidhu1961) April 13, 2020134 Bhutanese students, who had been stranded in the hostels of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara–Jalandhar, were allowed them to leave for Bhutan 🇧🇹 through a special flight arranged by Bhutanese Government.
— KBS Sidhu, IAS, Spl. Chief Secretary, Punjab. (@kbssidhu1961) April 13, 2020
A woman hosteller, hailing from Maharashtra, of the Lovely Professional University was tested for coronavirus on Saturday.
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The state has nearly 2,400 resident students stranded in the university hostels.
IANS Report
