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Passengers complained of three-hour-long queues to get clear via immigration.
New Delhi:
After lengthy queues have been seen on the immigration and safety checkpoints troubling the passengers on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Delhi, an airport official on Wednesday mentioned that just about half of the counters have been “unmanned” resulting in lengthy queues.
The airport official mentioned that it’s the duty of the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs to make sure the sleek functioning of immigration on the airport.
“Immigration is a sovereign operate and it’s the duty of the MHA to make sure the sleek functioning of Immigration and safety. Delhi airport has about 140 immigration counters in arrival and departure. Right this moment early morning lower than 50 per cent of counters have been unmanned that led to lengthy queues on the immigration counters,” the official informed ANI on situation of anonymity.
This comes after lengthy queues at immigration, and safety checkpoints turned a nightmare for passengers travelling to and from Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Delhi.
Many passengers took to social media on Wednesday to lift their plight of inconvenience they have been dealing with on the airport.
The passengers complained of three-hour-long queues to get clear via immigration and safety at Delhi airport. Frequent passengers travelling via Delhi airport referred to as it a perennial drawback.
“This drawback is everlasting. I’ve stopped being an optimist when an issue must be solved by way of a politician. Until we’ve politicians who’re serious about garnering media consideration, nothing concrete will change on the bottom,” mentioned Mohit, a passenger.
One other passenger Manas mentioned, “The worst airport of all time! Unsure who provides them the most effective award and so they flaunt it … my experiences with Delhi worldwide have all the time been horrible, the of the insensitivity of officers is much more interesting, blore airport is a lot better comparatively.”
The passengers have been even discovered complaining in regards to the lengthy queue on the entry to the lounge.
Samkit Jain, a passenger tweeted,” Delhi Airport T3 Lounge Queue is longer than the Safety Test-In Queue.”
Notably, in December final 12 months, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia made a shock go to to Terminal Three of the IGI airport in Delhi amid complaints of congestion and overcrowding and likewise held assembly with involved stakeholders to beat the difficulty.
In December-January, Airways have given an advisory to return 3.5 hours earlier than departure to keep away from inconvenience.
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