New Delhi, 9 December. Cancellation and delay of flights of the country’s largest airline Indigo continued for the eighth consecutive day. Due to this, passengers traveling by air are facing a lot of problems. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on Indigo crisis has come out that the purpose of making rules and regulations should be to improve the system and not to harass the common citizens.

PM Modi said this on the Indigo crisis during the meeting of NDA MPs during the winter session of Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has shared this information citing the PM’s statement in the meeting of NDA MPs on Tuesday.

After the NDA parliamentary party meeting, Kiren Rijiju said, according to Rijiju, ‘…Prime Minister Modi has given guidance to all the NDA MPs as to what to do for the country, for their parliamentary constituency, for the state…He has laid a lot of emphasis on reforms to improve the lives of the people…Reforms to make the lives of the common people of the country easy and comfortable, there should be reforms in every sector…’

PM Modi has said in very clear words that there should not be any law or rule which unnecessarily harasses the citizens… Laws should not be a burden on the people but should be for their convenience. PM Modi has asked to work faster to take the country forward in the third term…a very good meeting took place.

Government action – Decision taken to reduce Indigo flights by 5%

Meanwhile, the country’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken a major action and decided to reduce Indigo flights by five percent. DGCA has issued a notice saying that Indigo has not shown the ability to run its schedule well. It has been instructed to reduce the schedule by 5 percent in all sectors. Indigo will have to submit the changed schedule by 5 pm on December 10.

in action MoCA, officials will take stock of big airports

In view of the operational problems of Indigo, the Civil Aviation Ministry has taken a big step. Senior officials of the ministry like Deputy Secretary, Director and Joint Secretary have been ordered to soon visit major airports of the country and take stock of the ground reality. These officers will visit airports like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Guwahati, Goa and Thiruvananthapuram.