Screening, testing of passengers enhanced at Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru, Dec 9: In view of the increasing incidence of the Omicron variants of the Covid-19 virus, Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has set up a dedicated space at the airport terminal for testing international passengers.
The new arrangements at the airport are according to the latest guidelines from the Union government, chief airport officer Nirav Shah said.
He said ten passengers had arrived from countries at risk till Wednesday and all of them had tested negative for Covid-19.
Unlike earlier when Covid test was done after a passenger had completed his immigration and customs checking, all passengers will now be screened by the airport health officer at the arrival gate itself.
Passengers from high-risk countries will be tested with rapid RT-PCR. These passengers will be allowed to leave only after obtaining test results, which takes about 40 minutes.
Shah said that sanitization and cleanliness requirements in addition to refreshments, currency exchange and as well isolation rooms have been taken care of at the place where the passengers will get seated. These facilities will help the passengers arriving from abroad to be safe and take care of their health.
Update at 11:00 hours.
— Mangaluru Airport (@mlrairport) December 9, 2021
We have set up waiting area sufficient for 92 passengers, 6 registrations counters and 2 sampling booths, including 70 Rapid PCR machines at Mangaluru International Airport.@MoCA_GoI @JM_Scindia @ushapadhee1996 pic.twitter.com/12oC2lu7et
Update at 13:00 hours.
— Mangaluru Airport (@mlrairport) December 9, 2021
The waiting area is equipped with adequate washrooms, money exchange facility and dedicated passenger service executives at #MangaluruAirport.@MoCA_GoI @JM_Scindia @ushapadhee1996 pic.twitter.com/HupnRoyJx9
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In matters concerning liberty of citizens, every single day counts: SC
New Delhi (PTI): Every single day counts in matters concerning the liberty of citizens, the Supreme Court said on Friday while asking the Delhi High Court to decide on the regular bail plea of a businessman in a corruption case related to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy.
The petitioner's regular bail application has been heard by the high court on 40 occasions and now the matter has been adjourned to July 8, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall.
"This cannot be that after 40 hearings, you don't decide the regular bail," he said.
The bench noted it has been informed that his regular bail plea was filed in July last year.
"In matters concerning the liberty of citizens, every single day counts. Keeping the matter of regular bail pending after almost 11 months deprives the petitioner of his liberty," the bench said.
"We request the high court to decide the bail application prior to the closure for summer vacations," it said.
Summer vacations in the high court start from June 3. May 31 will be the last working day.
Dhall is an accused in separate cases linked to the excise policy which are being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED's money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR.
A trial court had earlier dismissed his regular bail plea in a corruption case lodged by the CBI.
According to the probe agencies, Dhall allegedly conspired with other accused and was "actively" involved in the formulation of the liquor policy and facilitating kickbacks to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its recoupment by the "South Group" through various means.
According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy and undue favours extended to licence holders.
The Delhi government implemented the policy on November 17, 2021 and scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.
