Nearly 60 students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh studying medicine in Nepal are safe, assured the institution’s management here on Tuesday, providing much needed relief to anxious parents who remained in dark for two days.
Representatives of College of Medical Sciences in Bharatpur, about 200 km from Kathmandu, said that the students from the two States arrived in Hyderabad from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
“They are safe. The college and its staff have joined in rescue efforts,” said Vinayak K. Pampati, director of the institution. Dr. Pampati said two of the hostel buildings sustained minor damage, but they were largely unaffected by the devastating earthquake.
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He added that the institute would be closed for nearly 20 days.
Evacuated
Groups of people continued returning to the city on Monday and Tuesday.
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Radha Mahalakshmi, principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Kathmandu who was evacuated on Monday from Nepal’s capital, lamented that a beautiful city has been destroyed.
“The earth felt like a swing during the quake. I saw people leaving their dear ones to fate in the buildings as they could not save them, even as I saw some badly injured people receiving quick medical help,” she said.