Maharashtra Govt to send 92 MSRTC buses to bring back students stuck in Kota

Amid nationwide lockdown caused by coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra government on Wednesday will send about 92 buses of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to Kota in Rajasthan to bring back nearly 1780 students stranded re due to lockdown, Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab has said.

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92 MSRTC buses to be sent

students will first be brought to Maharashtra's Dhule district, which is located adjoining Madhya Pradesh border, and n sent to ir native places by state transport facilities, minister said. A number of students from Maharashtra have been staying at Kota to take coaching classes for preparation of various competitive entrance examinations after Class 12.

Necessary official communication for same has already been done with governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, as buses will be passing through se two states, a senior official of MSRTC said.

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On return, students and ir parents will undergo medical checkup followed by mandatory 14-day home quarantine," a senior official from Maharashtra disaster manment department said.

Maharashtra government decided to bring back students following indications that lockdown may be extended in some of major cities where coronavirus situation is yet to come under control. 

On Tuesday, as many as 391 students who were stranded in Rajasthan's Kota returned to ir home in Assam's Chirang amid COVID-19 lockdown. Also, first batch of 369 Jammu and Kashmir students and 150 students from Punjab got back to ir homes.

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(With PTI inputs)