Thursday, April 16, 2020

540 stranded Brits leave Amritsar in 2nd flight

Chandigarh: As many as 271 stranded British nationals left Amritsar for London in a chartered British Airways flight from Sri Guru Ram Das International Airport on Thursday.
On Monday, total 269 British nationals had flown out of Amritsar in a similar flight. The UK government has arranged five such flights from Amritsar airport to fly back stranded Britons. The remaining three flights are scheduled to take off from Amritsar on April 17, 18 and 19.
The over 1,000 Britons stranded in various districts of Punjab, had been complaining of poor or nil communication by UK authorities and overcharging by airlines.

Jan Thompson, acting British high commissioner to India, tweeted on Thursday: “Brits stranded in India: I will be announcing a further round of flights home shortly. Apologies again for not being able to respond to you all directly -@UKinIndia colleagues are helping to answer your queries on my behalf.”

Samina Sharma, 45, a senior housing liaison officer from west London, was elated as she found out on 14 April she and her husband had got a seat on the flight from Amritsar on Thursday. This happened after she made a formal complaint to the British high commission. She has been stuck in Amritsar with her husband since 12 March.

Sohila Kaur Rayarel’s father, Sorabjit Singh, 68, flew back from Amritsar on Thursday. He has diabetes and had been staying in ancestral village alone. Rayarel, who is in Watford, had been frantic with worry as he was unwell and running out of medicine.
16/04/20 Times of India
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