CHENNAI: The central government has informed the Madras high court that 58 more Vande Bharat Mission flights are scheduled to land in Tamil Nadu bringing back Tamils stranded across the globe due to lockdown.
“Of them, 41 flights will land in Chennai, 11 in Trichy, four in Coimbatore, and two in Madurai,” additionalsolicitorgeneral of India R Sankaranarayanan said on Wednesday.
Recording the submissions, a division bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice RHemalatha pointedto a news report published in a daily, which said three flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi were reported to have landed in Chennaiempty astherewere no passengers to take the flights.
To this, senior advocate P Wilson representing DMK, said travel agents were booking the whole flight and later selling the tickets at high rates. This prevents genuine travellersfrom purchasing tickets,he said.
Wilson further submitted that only because of court intervention moreVandeBharat Mission flights were being provided which helped all the stranded passengers to reach their destinations till today.
