<p>After the panic exodus, it’s now time for the North-East migrants to return to the City. Officials with the South Western Railway (SWR), said North-Easterners who left in the past few days were trickling back into the City. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A senior official of SWR told Deccan Herald that one of the special trains from SWR returned to the City at 7.35 pm on Tuesday, and there were 15-20 passengers in each of the 16 coaches.<br /><br />However, another SWR special train of 20 coaches, which arrived at 12 noon, had no passengers. SWR officials said the regular train number 12510 (Guwahati-Bangalore Express) will arrive at the Bangalore City railway station at 11.50 pm on Wednesday.<br />The special trains from Guwahati to Bangalore, arranged by the Northeast Frontier Railway, are expected to arrive in Bangalore on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.<br /><br />Three special trains left Guwahati for Bangalore on Monday, carrying passengers on their way back to the City.<br /><br />Colleges in the City are confident that the semester exams will be conducted as scheduled, with tension subsiding. The degree exams are scheduled to begin on August 27. Sister M Juanita, principal of Mount Carmel College, said the exams would be conducted as scheduled next week and they were expecting all students who had gone home to be back by Sunday. <br /><br />“As we cannot expect everyone to be able to get tickets for their journey in such a short time, we have kept it a bit flexible. For those who cannot return by next week, we will conduct re-examination,” she said. The college had even made arrangements for students to stay on the campus. But, hardly five students made use of the facility. A majority of them have gone home, the principal said. <br />Secretary for Higher Education Siddaiah said there would not be any need for rescheduling the exams. <br /><br />Despite the situation easing, colleges have been requested to provide accommodation to students for the next one week as a precautionary measure, he said. <br /><br />Siddaiah said he had spoken to the Sikkim education officials and the Gangtok Mayor and assured them that the City was safe for students to return.<br /><br />Peace meeting<br />City Police Commissioner Jyothiprakash Mirji, MLAs Roshan Baig and N A Harris held an Id Milap session with the North-East community on Tuesday. <br /><br />Allaying the fears of the panic-stricken North Easterners, Mirji said peace committees and mohalla committees would be constituted to hold regular interactions between the two communities. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Muslim leaders have asked the North East community to convey to people in their states that Bangalore was now safe and all security arrangements were in place.</p>
<p>After the panic exodus, it’s now time for the North-East migrants to return to the City. Officials with the South Western Railway (SWR), said North-Easterners who left in the past few days were trickling back into the City. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A senior official of SWR told Deccan Herald that one of the special trains from SWR returned to the City at 7.35 pm on Tuesday, and there were 15-20 passengers in each of the 16 coaches.<br /><br />However, another SWR special train of 20 coaches, which arrived at 12 noon, had no passengers. SWR officials said the regular train number 12510 (Guwahati-Bangalore Express) will arrive at the Bangalore City railway station at 11.50 pm on Wednesday.<br />The special trains from Guwahati to Bangalore, arranged by the Northeast Frontier Railway, are expected to arrive in Bangalore on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.<br /><br />Three special trains left Guwahati for Bangalore on Monday, carrying passengers on their way back to the City.<br /><br />Colleges in the City are confident that the semester exams will be conducted as scheduled, with tension subsiding. The degree exams are scheduled to begin on August 27. Sister M Juanita, principal of Mount Carmel College, said the exams would be conducted as scheduled next week and they were expecting all students who had gone home to be back by Sunday. <br /><br />“As we cannot expect everyone to be able to get tickets for their journey in such a short time, we have kept it a bit flexible. For those who cannot return by next week, we will conduct re-examination,” she said. The college had even made arrangements for students to stay on the campus. But, hardly five students made use of the facility. A majority of them have gone home, the principal said. <br />Secretary for Higher Education Siddaiah said there would not be any need for rescheduling the exams. <br /><br />Despite the situation easing, colleges have been requested to provide accommodation to students for the next one week as a precautionary measure, he said. <br /><br />Siddaiah said he had spoken to the Sikkim education officials and the Gangtok Mayor and assured them that the City was safe for students to return.<br /><br />Peace meeting<br />City Police Commissioner Jyothiprakash Mirji, MLAs Roshan Baig and N A Harris held an Id Milap session with the North-East community on Tuesday. <br /><br />Allaying the fears of the panic-stricken North Easterners, Mirji said peace committees and mohalla committees would be constituted to hold regular interactions between the two communities. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Muslim leaders have asked the North East community to convey to people in their states that Bangalore was now safe and all security arrangements were in place.</p>
