The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs is in the UAE and this year again he has promised Indians here that a regional Indian diaspora event will be held in Dubai next year. Last year, too, the minister had promised the same but the venue was shifted to Maldives. Next year’s event, he reiterated, could be held in Dubai.
Commenting on issues related to Air India Vayalar Ravi said, he had taken up the issue with the aviation minister in India but also wondered what the new minister could do what he himself had failed to achieve as the Minister of Aviation. Ravi was in charge of the ministry of aviation in 2011 following the resignation of Praful Patel.
Problems of NRIs aside the minister also promised that work on the free crematorium being built by the Indian Association in Sharjah is nearing completion.
Ravi washed his hands off the Air India crisis. “I have tried my best. Many times in the past when I was incharge of the ministry and even now as someone who is concerned about the plight of Indians living abroad. But there is nothing much I can do. The problems are within the airline,” said Ravi.
Indian expats living in the Gulf have launched a series of campaigns against Air India’s attitude with regard to its operations to and from the region. Keralites travelling to India from the Gulf had live with almost 200 odd cancelled flights during the past four months alone. In a recent incident an Air India Express pilot even accused irritated passengers from Abu Dhabi of threatening to hijack the flight that had landed at the wrong airport and delayed by over fifteen hours.
13/11/12 Joseph George/Emirates 24|7
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Commenting on issues related to Air India Vayalar Ravi said, he had taken up the issue with the aviation minister in India but also wondered what the new minister could do what he himself had failed to achieve as the Minister of Aviation. Ravi was in charge of the ministry of aviation in 2011 following the resignation of Praful Patel.
Problems of NRIs aside the minister also promised that work on the free crematorium being built by the Indian Association in Sharjah is nearing completion.
Ravi washed his hands off the Air India crisis. “I have tried my best. Many times in the past when I was incharge of the ministry and even now as someone who is concerned about the plight of Indians living abroad. But there is nothing much I can do. The problems are within the airline,” said Ravi.
Indian expats living in the Gulf have launched a series of campaigns against Air India’s attitude with regard to its operations to and from the region. Keralites travelling to India from the Gulf had live with almost 200 odd cancelled flights during the past four months alone. In a recent incident an Air India Express pilot even accused irritated passengers from Abu Dhabi of threatening to hijack the flight that had landed at the wrong airport and delayed by over fifteen hours.
13/11/12 Joseph George/Emirates 24|7
