The Ministry of Home Affairs today removed domestic air travel from the list of prohibited activities during the ongoing nationwide lockdown in order to pave way for the resumption of domestic flights in the country soon.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued the amendment in the guidelines in his capacity as chairperson of the National Executive Committee under the National Disaster Management Act.
“I hereby order the following amendment in the guidelines on lockdown measures, for strict implementation by ministries, departments of government of India, state, Union Territory governments and state/ Union Territory authorities. Amendment: In para 2 (i), ‘domestic air travel of passengers’ is deleted from the list of prohibited activities,” the order issued by Bhalla said, according to PTI.
