2 students return Hoshiarpur from Kota

Hoshiarpur, April 28

Two students of Hoshiarpur, who had gone to Kota to prepare for competitive examinations, returned home on Monday. After the lockdown, they were stuck in Kota and were waiting to return. They thanked the state government for bringing them back.

Mithilesh Kumar Gupta, one of the students, said, “I took admission to a coaching institute in Kota in May last year to prepare for the entrance exam of IIT. I had come to Hoshiarpur on January 8 and went back to Kota after a week. I got stuck there.”

He was in contact with the institute from where he came to know that the Punjab Government has arranged buses to bring students back.

Another student Preeti said she had gone to Kota in May last for coaching of medical exams. After the lockdown, her family was worried about her. The Punjab Government took a great initiative to make efforts to bring students back home.

DC Apneet Riyat said their health check-up was done at Civil Hospital. Later, they had been home quarantined. Buses had been sent to Hazur Sahib to bring back pilgrims as well. — OC