Question : Ferrying of Haj Pilgrims at Chennai Airport

(a) the reasons for excluding Chennai Airport from the list of Airports for Haj Pilgrims this year, causing undue hardships to thousands of Haj travellers from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman Islands and Southern Andhra Pradesh;
(b) the criteria for selecting the ferrying points for Haj Pilgrims;
(c) whether the Union Government has received request from the State Government of Tamil Nadu to include Chennai Airport for ferrying Haj Pilgrims; and
(d) if so, the decision of the Union Government in this regard?


Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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