Airlifting Stranded Passengers: EC Mehdi Ashoor calls on Div Com Suagat Biswas

Leh: Executive Councillor for Minority Affairs, Ghulam Mehdi Ashoor had a meeting with Divisional Commissioner Ladakh, Suagat Biswas Thursday.

Executive Councillor discussed with Div Com Suagat Biswas the airlifting of stranded passengers of Nubra region from Chandigarh.

He discussed providing special flights of Indian Airforce to evacuate stranded local passengers from Chandigarh to Thoise, Nubra.

The EC also discussed resuming the IL flight operations on Chandigarh-Thoise-Chandigarh route which was operational before COVID pandemic.

EC Mehdi mentioned that resuming the existing flight operations would ease the travelling of people of Nubra region to Chandigarh for various important purposes especially during winters when the roads get cut-off due to heavy snowfall.

Div Com Biswas assured his assistance from the Administration to initiate the evacuation process of the current stranded passengers at the earliest.

The Div Com added that the matter have been taken up with the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India for which the list of local passengers from various villages of Nubra region have also been taken.