Free tickets are being offered by philanthropists and businessmen based in the UAE for deserving Indians who want to fly home.
Repatriation ticket prices have been set at around Dh700 to Dh750 per person depending on the destination.
Malayalam Communications Ltd and its Malayalam stations (Kairali TV & Kairali News) are giving away 1,000 tickets free. Those who wish to apply can submit their application to freetickets@kairalitv.in.
Indian businessman Dhananjay Datar, chairman & managing director of Al Adil Trading Company, is also giving away 300 tickets. This has to be applied through the Consulate General of India.
Pravasi India Forum, a welfare organisation in UAE, is giving away 100 tickets. The NGO on Monday, May 11, uploaded a registration form where people can provide their details. “Tickets will be given to those approved by CGI and for those who are in financial distress,” said Abulaise, president of Pravasi Welfare Forum.
Punnakan Mohammed Ali, general secretary Incas UAE committee, said it is also ready to give away hundreds of free tickets.
Those who want to register can get more details on www.pravasiwelfareforum.com.They can also call 055-1025611.
Protocol for Indians repatriated from UAE on departure and arrival
Indians returning home on COVID-19 repatriation flights from the UAE will have to undergo mandatory medical tests before departure while tests for coronavirus will be conducted only after a compulsory 14-day institutional quarantine upon landing in India.
all passengers will be required to sign an undertaking to undergo compulsory quarantine at the point of arrival and bear the cost for the same.
All departing passengers will have to undergo medical screening and IGM/IGG tests at the airport of departure and only those cleared by the UAE health authorities and found to be asymptomatic will be allowed to board the plane, Indian embassy said.
Each passenger, at the time of boarding, will be handed a safety kit containing two three-layered face masks, two pairs of gloves and pouches/small bottles of hand sanitisers.
While onboard the flight, the health protocol of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India will be strictly followed.
This will include wearing of masks, maintaining environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene and hand hygiene. This will be followed by airline staff and crew members and all passengers,
On arrival
On arrival at the destination airport, thermal screening, as per health protocol, would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport.
The passengers who are found to be symptomatic during the screening shall be immediately taken to a medical facility as per the health protocol.
The remaining passenger will be taken to suitable institutional quarantine facilities. These passengers shall be kept under institutional quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days.
If they test negative after 14 days, they will be allowed to go home and will undertake self-monitoring of their health for another 14 days as per protocol. The remaining persons will be shifted to a medical facility by the state or union territory government.
Toll Free Number under Indian Consulate in Dubai for queries related to repatriation flights: 800-244-382
Repatriation ticket prices have been set at around Dh700 to Dh750 per person depending on the destination.
Malayalam Communications Ltd and its Malayalam stations (Kairali TV & Kairali News) are giving away 1,000 tickets free. Those who wish to apply can submit their application to freetickets@kairalitv.in.
Indian businessman Dhananjay Datar, chairman & managing director of Al Adil Trading Company, is also giving away 300 tickets. This has to be applied through the Consulate General of India.
Pravasi India Forum, a welfare organisation in UAE, is giving away 100 tickets. The NGO on Monday, May 11, uploaded a registration form where people can provide their details. “Tickets will be given to those approved by CGI and for those who are in financial distress,” said Abulaise, president of Pravasi Welfare Forum.
Punnakan Mohammed Ali, general secretary Incas UAE committee, said it is also ready to give away hundreds of free tickets.
Those who want to register can get more details on www.pravasiwelfareforum.com.They can also call 055-1025611.
Protocol for Indians repatriated from UAE on departure and arrival
Indians returning home on COVID-19 repatriation flights from the UAE will have to undergo mandatory medical tests before departure while tests for coronavirus will be conducted only after a compulsory 14-day institutional quarantine upon landing in India.
all passengers will be required to sign an undertaking to undergo compulsory quarantine at the point of arrival and bear the cost for the same.
All departing passengers will have to undergo medical screening and IGM/IGG tests at the airport of departure and only those cleared by the UAE health authorities and found to be asymptomatic will be allowed to board the plane, Indian embassy said.
Each passenger, at the time of boarding, will be handed a safety kit containing two three-layered face masks, two pairs of gloves and pouches/small bottles of hand sanitisers.
While onboard the flight, the health protocol of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India will be strictly followed.
This will include wearing of masks, maintaining environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene and hand hygiene. This will be followed by airline staff and crew members and all passengers,
On arrival
On arrival at the destination airport, thermal screening, as per health protocol, would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport.
The passengers who are found to be symptomatic during the screening shall be immediately taken to a medical facility as per the health protocol.
The remaining passenger will be taken to suitable institutional quarantine facilities. These passengers shall be kept under institutional quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days.
If they test negative after 14 days, they will be allowed to go home and will undertake self-monitoring of their health for another 14 days as per protocol. The remaining persons will be shifted to a medical facility by the state or union territory government.
Toll Free Number under Indian Consulate in Dubai for queries related to repatriation flights: 800-244-382
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