Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen V.K. Singh (retd) lists 13 points to decongest IGI in Delhi in response to Sanjeev Arora MP’s question

Ludhiana, December 19, 2022: The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (Dr) V K Singh (retd) has listed 13 points to decongest IGI in Delhi in response to Sanjeev Arora MP’s question in Rajya Sabha today.

In a statement here today, Arora said he had asked about the steps government is planning to take for decongestion of IGI Airport especially Terminal 3; and whether there is long waiting in security and immigration and the details and the reasons thereof. 

In reply, the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (Dr) V K Singh (retd) listed the following 13 steps taken for decongestion at IGI Airport:

•    Additional Traffic Marshals have been posted at the departure forecourt to avoid vehicular congestion

•    Board displaying least waiting time alongwith the entry gate number has been put up at Naka point to guide passengers in advance

•    Display boards installed at all departure entry gates providing real time data regarding waiting time. The information on the same is being shared via social media

•    Awareness poster at the entry gate for passengers to be ready with Air ticket/ Boarding pass and Identity proof document. Dedicated staff has been deployed at the entry gate to help passengers

•    Two Additional entry gates have been opened for passenger entry

•    Deployment of additional manpower by CISF done

•    Deployment of additional X-ray machines for baggage check 

•          Monitoring through CCTV & Command Centre
 
•    Use of Count Meter for Crowd Management

•    Airport operator advised to reduce flights during the peak hour at T3 or shift them to other two terminals

•    Airlines advised to deploy sufficient manpower at all check-in/baggage drop counters

•    Air travelers encouraged to use DigiYatra, a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience based on Facial Recognition Technology

•    Airlines advised to have full compliance to Barcode on tickets issued to help easy flow of passengers at entry/security gates.