2 crore worth of lost items at Delhi airport, phones top the list

New Delhi: The next time you are at the Delhi airport, make sure you don't leave your mobile phones behind at the baggage screening area or the waiting area. The number of mobile phones recovered from various spots at the Delhi airport by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials is very high - 895 mobile phones were left behind by passengers within a five-month period this year. Out of those, only 317 were returned to passengers, and 578 were deposited with airport authorities. "Mobile phones are the most common item left behind. Even last year, the number of mobile phones collected by CISF officials was 2,148. Out of that, only 734 were returned to their owners, and 1,414 were deposited with the airport's manager. The details of items, including laptops, cameras and passports collected from the airport, are also available online. Those who follow up with us and give us the required details get their lost items back, but such people are relatively few in number - there are a lot of lost and found items still deposited with airport authorities," says an official with the CISF.
After mobile phones, other items collected on a regular basis by the CISF staff include laptops, cameras, wrist watches, wallets, jewellery and even documents like passports and PAN cards. The approximate value of the various items that passengers forget at the airport (from January to May this year) is approximately `2 crore. Out of this, only goods worth `91 lakh were returned to passengers.
27/08/16 Divya Kaushik/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Aug 2016