Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Apr 15: In a view of ongoing lockdown imposed around the country due to COVID-19, the District Legal Services Udhampur proved to be a beacon of hope for number of Udhampur based students standard at Nagpur due to lockdown.
After going through the news published in the Daily Excelsior regarding 15 Udhampur students trapped at Nagpur due to ongoing lockdown due to COVID-19, Chairman of District Legal Services Authority, M L Manhas and Secretary DLS A , Sandeep Kour swung into action and initiated their efforts to mitigate the sufferings of trapped students of Udhampur .
DLSA established contact with Sunil Singh from Latti Udhampur and Shabil Singh of Basantgarh area who are presently doing Physical Education (BPED) Course along with other students at Nagpur. Both the students who are presently trapped at Sakoli area of Nagpur narrated their problems arisen due to lock down. They said that they could not go to their homes as one of their annual paper could not be taken due to lockdown and were struck there. They added that they were presently facing starvation like situation as no one was helping them here .
Meanwhile Secretary DLSA Udhampur contacted DLSA Nagpur and with local administration through phone, and took up matter of trapped Udhampur based students who are presently facing problem . Secretary DLSA Nagpur and Tehsildar visited to students and assured their full help to them and later also made arrangement for their meals .
Trapped students thanked Udhampur DLSA for the timely help. At least 15 students of BPEd and MPEd from Udhampur area, who are trapped in Nagpur, had pleaded for help to the J&K UT Administration through distress phone calls to Daily Excelsior.
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