Covid: Delhi airport steps up facilities after flyers complain of chaos

A government source said the crowding at the immigration counter was one-off, spawned by the bunching of several flights and additional health procedures

Delhi airport is working with immigration authorities and expanding seating and testing facilities, following complaints by flyers of overcrowding in the arrivals area on Saturday.

Taking cognisance of crowd mismanagement at Delhi airport, the civil aviation ministry is monitoring the situation closely. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also held a meeting on Monday to review the arrangements after pictures of long wait times for testing and immigration at the airport on Saturday went viral.

Officials from the ministry, Airports Authority of India, and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security are supervising the implementation of new procedures and additional testing counters, and money