Chennai rains: Maharashtra to evacuate IIT-M students from state

The Maharashtra government announced on on Friday it has despatched two buses to evacuate 150 IIT students from the state who are stranded in flood-hit Chennai in response to an SOS from them.

The Maharashtra government announced on on Friday it has despatched two buses to evacuate 150 IIT students from the state who are stranded in flood-hit Chennai in response to an SOS from them.

The Maharashtra government has despatched two buses to evacuate 150 IIT students from the state who are stranded in flood-hit Chennai.

The Maharashtra government announced on Friday has arranged two buses to evacuate about 150 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) students hailing from the state who were stranded in flood-hit Chennai.

“Around 150 students from Maharashtra studying at @iitmadras were stranded in #ChennaiFloods and got in touch with Maharashtra govt,” chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.

“Maharashtra Govt immediately arranged for 2 buses from Bengaluru for the stranded students & will ensure that they reach home soon,” he said.