‘Trying ahead to new future’: 314 Bangladeshis staying in West Bengal take 1st batch of flights, buses again house | Kolkata Information

KOLKATA: With the 15-year-old govt now ousted, there was a rush amongst Bangladeshis on Tuesday – a number of of them cooped up in Marquis Road for weeks – to return house and be part of the unfolding historical past within the nation’s 53 years of existence.
For the fortunate 314-odd Bangladeshis, who had been the primary to return house – taking the primary batch flights and buses – it was a reduction to be lastly reunited with their households.

Sixty seven flyers ready to move again to their house in Bangladesh spent seven anxious hours on the metropolis airport earlier than they may lastly board the primary flight that flew out at 1am. Two extra flights flew out thereafter with 137 flyers. They weren’t alone. Three buses, carrying 107 Bangladeshi nationals, left the town by midday. Whereas the scholars, some as younger as 17, expressed hope of seeing a brand new Bangladesh, others stated they wished to see a brand new regime that might be tolerant and democratic.
“My visa was legitimate until Wednesday and fortunately, I might get again house inside this restricted time,” stated Munir Hossain, a Dhaka resident who took the Biman Bangladesh flight at 1.30am on Tuesday. Hossain, together with the opposite passengers, had been booked on the 8.45pm Biman Bangladesh flight on Monday however had been caught after the Dhaka airport stayed closed from 4.30pm until 10.30pm on Monday.
Again at Marquis Road, Rafikul Hassan from Dhaka stated: “I’ve been getting information from family members about each improvement again house. Bangladesh right now stands on the cusp of historical past and I couldn’t have missed it. However the violence might have been averted. This was one picture that won’t go down properly internationally.”
KM Haider from Barishal stated it might be midnight earlier than he might attain house. “The bus will attain round 4pm in Dhaka. I do hope we don’t face any points again on the Petropole-Benapole border. However I’m so excited to journey again house,” stated Haider, who had come to Kolkata for medical consultations.
The airport operated 4 flights to and from Bangladesh – two by Biman Bangladesh, and one every by Novo Air and US Bangla. IndiGo had cancelled their two direct flights, leaving many passengers booked on them annoyed. “I used to be booked on the 6.35am IndiGo flight to Dhaka. I had reached the airport round 3.30am solely to understand that the flight was cancelled. The airline is unable to inform me once I can fly out,” stated 35-year-old Al-Ameen Bin Naumiah, who was dashing to his house at Dhaka.
Equally anxious was Jitendra Mridha (54), who was heading again to their Dhaka house together with his spouse and two kids from their Kolkata trip halfway. “I’ve my aged mom and different senior family members at house and I can not depart them alone on this hour of disaster. Since I learnt in regards to the emergency state of affairs within the nation, I had booked bus tickets however the night bus on Monday bought cancelled. We then purchased air tickets and took the primary flight on Tuesday morning to move again house,” stated Mridha, a businessman.