An elderly couple stranded in Dubai airport have appealed to New Delhi to allow them to return home to India after the country shut off international travel to curb the spread of the coronavirus earlier this week.
Amal Kumar Mandal, 75, and his wife Tripti, 73, have been staying in a hotel inside Dubai International Airport.
The couple were among 11 travellers from Australia who missed the last flight home on March 21 when rain and lightning in Dubai disrupted their transit flight.
Mr Mandal is diabetic and desperate to return to his home town Baroda.
India closed international travel to and from the country on March 22 and has extended the ban until April 14 to contain the disease.
“We are mentally very upset,” said Mr Mandal.
28/03/20 Ramola Talwar Badam/National
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Amal Kumar Mandal, 75, and his wife Tripti, 73, have been staying in a hotel inside Dubai International Airport.
The couple were among 11 travellers from Australia who missed the last flight home on March 21 when rain and lightning in Dubai disrupted their transit flight.
Mr Mandal is diabetic and desperate to return to his home town Baroda.
India closed international travel to and from the country on March 22 and has extended the ban until April 14 to contain the disease.
“We are mentally very upset,” said Mr Mandal.
28/03/20 Ramola Talwar Badam/National
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