Ghaziabad resident Ravi Bhushan, the first among the 75 Indians to return to India from Syria, told about the horrific situation in Damascus and thanked the Indian government for its help.

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Efforts made by the Indian government

Ravi Bhushan told ANI what kind of efforts India made to help bring its citizens back home. Ravi said that India has started the rescue operation and we are the first team to be rescued from Syria and brought back to the country. He said that the best thing is that they (Indian Embassy) have contacted every single person, encouraged them and also asked if they are okay.

Bhushan told ANI that he was informed every hour through messages about what they were going to do and when in relation to the rescue operation. He said, ‘If anyone had any problem related to food or anything else, they would arrange it. He said that we are very grateful to the Government of India as well as the Indian embassies located in both Lebanon and Syria.

Bhushan told what he saw
Bhushan told that seeing the suffering of the people of other countries, he realized how good the efforts made by the Government of India were. He said, ‘We saw how the people of other countries were suffering. We saw small children and women how they had to sit outside for more than 10-12 hours in 4-5 degree temperature. It was really terrible, but because of the Government of India we did not face any such problem.’

The situation in Syria is horrific

Ravi Bhushan called the current situation in Syria ‘worse’. He said that people are openly firing on the streets, bombing, looting banks. The airport has been completely damaged. They are damaging hotels and vehicles. I would say that the situation there is going to get worse in the coming days. He said that he had gone to Syria for business reasons.