Joy, confusion marks the first day of flight resumption

As there were no labels attached to the bags, the passengers were seen with bags in which the names and PNR number were written or pasted. (Representation) (Expressphoto: Tashi Tobgyal)

As an intern with the flight operations resumed Monday after a hiatus of two months, Chandigarh International Airport saw an unprecedented scenario of Punjab residents faced strict controls, including mandatory testing, while others were allowed to get away with the thermal detection.

The airport, located in the Punjab also caters to those passengers of Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Haryana. As the states and UTs were authorized to develop its own protocol regarding quarantine and isolation, the government of Punjab issued directives to their domestic passengers for quarantine at home and make the test mandatory. However, the government of the state of the orders have been changed in the night, leading to confusion.

In the arrivals, all the passengers were guided through the visitors in the hall where every one was asked to show their documents of identity and of his native place, after which the Punjab-on the basis of the passengers were directed to the government of Punjab tour, where their samples were taken for COVID-19 test. Punjab government officials for the collection of samples of 133 domestic passengers in the airport.

Meanwhile, Chandigarh administration assumed the commitment of their passengers to self-monitor their health for 14 days. At the airport, the social distance among the passengers was ensured by the staff of the airport.

A total of 142 passengers that arrived at the airport of Indigo Mumbai flight, 67 passengers, Indigo in Delhi flight, 122 passengers of Indigo Bengaluru to flight, 88 passengers of Air Asia Bengaluru flight and the 31, Vistara Delhi flight.

From Chandigarh, 38 passengers set off on Indigo Mumbai flight 71 took Indigo’s Delhi-bound flight, 54 took Indigo’s Bengaluru-bound flight, 39 to the left of the UT in Air Asia Bengaluru flight and 25 had Vistara at Delhi flight to.

In addition to this, the Air of India, 463, Delhi-Chandigarh, led, 23, a passenger to the UT. The AirIndia464, Chandigarh-Delhi flight flying with 63 passengers. Through the AirIndia9831, Delhi-Chandigarh flight, of 17 years,came to the UT, and through AirIndia832, Chandigarh – Delhi flight, 10, we flew to Delhi.

No proof of domestic passengers, Chandigarh Advisor Manoj-Born said, “As the UT, we are required by the MHA orders and we are following that.”

In the area of outputs

As there were no labels attached to the bags, the passengers were seen with bags in which the names and PNR number were written or pasted. The passengers were given face shields and were seen carrying the print of your boarding cards already that only the web check-in was allowed.

Before passengers entered the airport, they had to walk through a section of the carpet that was sprayed with sanitiser so that the bottom surface of your shoes get polished. It was sprayed after a set of passengers walked through to the surface. After every 30 minutes, the carpet was sprayed with a disinfectant solution.

A resident of Bangalore, who works in Panchkula from Pinjore, Mohammad Khan said, he was happy as he will be meeting his family on Eid. “It was the first time that all my Rozas spent without family. What can be more special for me, I’m going to see on Eid. Therefore, I’m going for the first flight,” he said.

A woman out of her in-laws place in Bangalore, was spotted with his baby tied to her wrist with a walking wrist strap for the child to not touch any surface.

In the arrivals

Bathinda-based Riya, who works in Mumbai, landed at the Chandigarh Airport from the first flight at 11.30 am. During your entire trip, she carried an EPI kit in conjunction with the protective head gear, face shield and a face mask.

Returning to Punjab, Riya was directed to the presentation of your sample for Covid-19 test at the airport. “It doesn’t feel very hot in the EPI kit, but I wore it through the entire trip, and remove it only after you get home. As I am from Bhatinda, I was invited to give samples of my and I did,” he said.

A bathinda native, Deepak Arora, who works as an artist in Mumbai, said that he was stuck there for the past two months and is happy to be home.

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