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The Karnataka authorities has announced willingness to ft the edifice expenses of Kannadigas stranded successful West Asia.
“We person urged the Centre to assistance the stranded Kannadigas done Indian Embassies by backing them, which volition beryllium repaid by the State government. We are acceptable to stock the cost,” Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told presspersons present connected Monday.
Stating that the State authorities cannot run connected its ain connected overseas soil, helium said that Karnataka volition spell done the Centre to money those stranded passengers who are successful request of fiscal assistance.
Local visas
Mr. Gowda besides said that the State authorities is moving intimately with the Ministry of External Affairs successful securing section visas to passengers stranded owed to cancellation of connecting flights.
“Some are stranded successful the airports astatine Dubai oregon Bahrain without connecting flights. They are incapable to spell retired of the airdrome since they bash not person visa and determination are not galore facilities successful airport. If they telephone the State helpline, we volition stock the accusation with the Union authorities that volition inquire the section Embassy to link with those stranded and assistance them to get retired of the airport,” the Minister said, adding that the stranded passengers tin besides straight get successful interaction with the section Embassies.
Rescue flights
Another constituent of anxiousness of passengers, the Minister pointed out, was of peculiar flights oregon repatriation flights to instrumentality home. “Special formation oregon rescue formation oregon immoderate different arrangements tin beryllium done lone erstwhile the airspace opens up. We person besides asked the Centre astir it.”
Helpline number
Those successful request whitethorn telephone State Emergency Operation Centre helpline 080-22340676 / 22253707.
