Guwahati: Over the past few days, Assam saw some of the worst protests against the Citizenship Act. With curfew being imposed and airlines cancelling flights in and out of Guwahati and Dibruigarh (the worst affected places) hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airports.
Sanjeev Jindal, the Regional Executive Director (RED) of Airport Authority of India (AAI), North Eastern Region took the lead and went beyond duty’s call to ensure that every passenger was provided with food, water, proper sanitation facilities and was safe and comfortable.
Tents were set up at the Guwahati airport (tents are still there) and food was brought in from nearby hotels to ensure that there was sufficient supply of food and water. Jindal even opened the airport authority’s guest houses to accommodate the stranded passengers.
“Our airports at Silchar, Agartala, Jorhat, Guwahati, Imphal, Tezu, Tezpur, Shillong and Lingpui are open for passengers all day and night. We are also allowing the passengers whose flights have either been cancelled or delayed to use the airport guest houses, offices lounges. Besides providing water and sanitation facilities to the passengers, we are also trying our best to provide food to the travelers,” Jindal told EastMojo.
It is at the behest of Jindal that the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) gave around 20 buses to ferry passengers to and from Guwahati airport. AAI ferried two bus load of passengers to Shillong on Friday night with police escort.
“I would like to reassure all the passengers that the AAI and all its stakeholders are working hard and in coordination to serve the people and to ensure that they travel safe,” Jindal said.
14/12/19 Irani Sonowal Lepcha/East Mojo
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Sanjeev Jindal, the Regional Executive Director (RED) of Airport Authority of India (AAI), North Eastern Region took the lead and went beyond duty’s call to ensure that every passenger was provided with food, water, proper sanitation facilities and was safe and comfortable.
Tents were set up at the Guwahati airport (tents are still there) and food was brought in from nearby hotels to ensure that there was sufficient supply of food and water. Jindal even opened the airport authority’s guest houses to accommodate the stranded passengers.
“Our airports at Silchar, Agartala, Jorhat, Guwahati, Imphal, Tezu, Tezpur, Shillong and Lingpui are open for passengers all day and night. We are also allowing the passengers whose flights have either been cancelled or delayed to use the airport guest houses, offices lounges. Besides providing water and sanitation facilities to the passengers, we are also trying our best to provide food to the travelers,” Jindal told EastMojo.
It is at the behest of Jindal that the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) gave around 20 buses to ferry passengers to and from Guwahati airport. AAI ferried two bus load of passengers to Shillong on Friday night with police escort.
“I would like to reassure all the passengers that the AAI and all its stakeholders are working hard and in coordination to serve the people and to ensure that they travel safe,” Jindal said.
14/12/19 Irani Sonowal Lepcha/East Mojo
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