jksa-writes-to-pm-eam-to-express-gratitude-for-prompt-evacuation

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Nearly a week after their arrival in India, Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA)wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, expressing gratitude for safe evacuation of 1,300 Kashmiri students from conflict-hit Iran.

While students upon arrival were impressed and have been speaking high about the way Government of India made prompt arrangements for their evacuation from Iran amid military conflict, the students body in J&K has formally written letter expressing gratitude. “We, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association, on behalf of thousands of relieved and grateful families across the Kashmir Valley, extend our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to you and your government for the swift, decisive, and compassionate evacuation of over 1,300 Kashmiri students and other families from the Islamic Republic of Iran, amid the rapidly escalating hostilities between Iran and Israel, " the letter read. 

 

“This intervention brought immense relief, joy, and emotional solace to the families who had spent countless sleepless nights, consumed by fear and uncertainty regarding the safety of their children. The students were terrified, traumatised, and in extremely vulnerable positions.

Their families were in deep distress, pleading for help and the safe return of their wards. The safe return of these students to their homeland, and into the arms of their anxious and long-waiting families especially in Jammu and Kashmir brought an end to days of fear and uncertainty, offering much-needed emotional peace and relief,” the letter read.

 

 

“The prompt assistance provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brought tremendous relief to the frightened and anxious families across the Valley.The care and priority given to the safety of Kashmiri students from the initial response to the final leg of their journey was nothing short of exemplary, the letter read adding ,“We are also deeply thankful for the crucial role played by the Indian Embassy in Iran as well. They added that the students who had lost their passports or faced documentation issues were also assisted.