Sunday, November 08, 2015

Immigration queues at airports in India may soon get shorter

New Delhi: Travelers arriving in India may no longer have to stand in long queues as the government has decided to deploy more immigration officials in all international airports.

The Home Ministry has started the process for recruitment of more immigration officials. The induction will result in reduction in queues at the airports, sources said.

There are 21 international airports in the country including at Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar, Amritsar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Port Blair.

Airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and Kochi particularly witness long queues at immigration counters during peak hours.

There have been certain complaints of long queues at immigration counters at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here, the sources said.

The decision for recruiting people will help in reducing work load of the existing staff, they said.
08/11/15 DeshGujarat
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