Delhi: Chaos At IGI Airport, As Passengers From UK Visit After Revised COVID Norms

Delhi: Chaos At IGI Airport, As Passengers From UK Visit After Revised COVID Norms

New Delhi: A state of utter confusion were witnessed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi airport on Friday after an Air India flight from the United Kingdom the first from the country since air travel was banned last month over fears of the mutant coronavirus strain landed, with nearly 250 passengers on boards complaining of confusion over COVID testing and quarantine rules.

Many passengers took to Twitter to highlights grievances and the situation, tagging Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in their messages.

A person identified as Gouri Shankar Dash posted a photo of his infant child sleeping on the blanket spread out on the airport floor and said that the airport authorities had refused to let him get his daughter's stroller from their luggage.

"Dear Arvind Kejriwal, I am one of the passenger of flight AI 112 from London with my 4.5 months old daughter. You locked everyone of us. At least bacche pe to rahem karte (take pity on the children). There is no food for my daughter... they didn't let me get my stroller. How cruel you guys are?" Mr Dash tweeted, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet.

Dear @ArvindKejriwal, I am one of the passenger of flight AI112 from London with my 4.5 months old daughter. You locked everyone of us. At least bacche pe to rahem karte. There is no food for my daughter & they didn't let me get my stroller. How cruel you guys are? @HardeepSPuri pic.twitter.com/bX6oGvklWs

— Gouri Shankar Dash (@GSDash) January 8, 2021

"To protect Delhiites from exposure to the virus from the UK, Delhi government takes important decisions. All those arriving from the UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for seven days followed by 7 days home quarantine," Mr. Kejriwal tweeted.

To protect Delhiites from exposure to virus from UK, Del govt takes imp decisions.

All those arriving from UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine pic.twitter.com/hYDsaOn8q1

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 8, 2021

"Just came from London AI112, it's absolutely maniac at Delhi Airport. Asking us to go for institutional quarantine even with the Negative PCR test. Didn't mention this on your SOP," Harprit Takkar tweeted with videos of the pandemonium, tagging the Civil Aviation Minister and Air India.

@HardeepSPuri Just came from London AI112, it’s absolutely maniac at Delhi Airport.
Asking us to go for institutional quarantine even with Negative PCR test.
Didn’t mention this on your SOP.@airindiain pic.twitter.com/B13HcbgVaG

— Harprit Takkar (@HarpritTakkar) January 8, 2021

Whereas the Delhi Airport responded to the tweet and referred Mr. Takkar to the Delhi government notification.

"... as per Delhi government's latest mandate, all passengers arriving from the UK will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR test in the UK as well as in India. Passengers are also required to undergo a mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine on arrival," the airport said.

The center had suspended service between the two countries in December over the new strain of coronavirus. While India had lifted the ban.

The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant has climbed to 82 and over a dozen of  cases have been reported from National Capital.

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