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Odisha Minister thanks MEA for safe return of 23 Odia tourists from Nepal

Bhubaneswar, Sep 11 (UNI) Odisha Culture Minister Suravansu Suraj today expressed gratitude to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu for their role in repatriating 23 Odia tourists stranded in Nepal amid the political instability.
Posting on his X handle, Suraj stated, “Due to the political instability in Nepal, 23 Odias who were stranded there have been safely brought back to India.”
He added that under the initiative of the Odisha Parivar Directorate, functioning under the state’s Department of Odia Language, Literature, and Culture, and in coordination with the Chief Commissioner’s Office in New Delhi, all 23 tourists were safely repatriated.
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