124 people stranded in Bangladesh due to lockdown return to India

Guwahati/IBNS: As many as 124 people from Assam, Manipur and West Bengal who stranded in Bangladesh due the COVID-19 lockdown, have finally returned back to India.

The Indian people who were stuck in Bangladesh in past two months returned back to India through the Sutarkandi International Border point in Assams Karimganj district on Thursday.

Most of the returnees are students, tourists and pilgrims.

On the other hand, over 80 people from Bangladesh who also stuck in India due to lockdown have returned back to Bangladesh.

Karimganj District Development Commissioner Ranjit Kumar Laskar said that, due to lockdown many people from both countries were stuck.

Today, around 124 people from India who stuck in Bangladesh have returned to India. Following the directive of the Union government, the international border has been opened for two hours for the stranded people. Around 80 people from Bangladesh also returned back to their homes, Ranjit Kumar Laskar said.

On the other hand, the people who were stuck due to lockdown are now very happy for the governments initiative.

A medical student hailing from Kolkata said that, she was stuck in Bangaldesh in last two months due to lockdown.

I am a medical student and I was stuck in Bangladesh due to lockdown. Now I am very happy that I will reach my home, the medical student said.

One tourist from Assam said that he went to Bangladesh as a tourist, but stuck there due to lockdown.

I am now very happy. Bangladesh is also well and I had not faced any problem, the tourist said.

On the other hand, a lady hailing from Sylhet in Bangladesh who stuck at Silchar in Assams Cachar district with her family due to lockdown said that, they are now happy that, they will go to their homes.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)