Visa to expire, Saudi-bound workers stranded at IGI

New Delhi: Mehfuz Alam, a resident of Bihar and working as a tailor at Dammam, found himself in deep trouble on Thursday after Air India told him and his three companions that they would not be able to fly back to Dammam in Saudi Arabia till at least Saturday. The airline's offer to accommodate them in a hotel was of no consolation to the four — their visa to Saudi Arabia is expiring on Friday.
The four, belonging to various parts of the country, have been in Delhi since Wednesday morning when they were scheduled to catch their flight. "Our flight on Wednesday was cancelled and the airline told us to stay at Centaur Hotel and that they would book us on the next available flight. We waited all morning but received no information from them at all and finally decided to come to the airport and check," said Alam, a resident of Bihar.
When the four stood their ground at the domestic counter and refused to move till someone address their concern, an airline official stamped their ticket and sent them back to the international counter once again.
29/04/11 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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