UAE floods: Indian embassy advises Indians to reschedule non-essential travel
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Abu Dhabi: After the city experienced unusually high rainfall this week, the Indian embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Friday recommended Indian travellers arriving at or passing through Dubai International Airport to reschedule non-essential travel until operations return to normal.
The United Arab Emirates is working to recover from this week's record-breaking rainfall, which left Dubai and the surrounding territories severely flooded.
The embassy in the advisory said while the UAE authorities were working round the clock to ensure normalisation of operations, the airport authorities have advised that passengers may travel to the airport "only after" final confirmation from the respective airlines regarding the departure date and time of flights.
Due to disruption caused by unprecedented weather conditions in the UAE earlier this week, Dubai International Airport has temporarily limited the number of inbound flights, the advisory said.
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, hoped to be back on a normal schedule within 24 hours.
"Inbound Indian passengers travelling to or transiting through Dubai International Airport are advised to reschedule non-essential travel till operations normalise," the statement said.
"To assist Indian nationals at the Dubai International Airport, the Consulate General of India in Dubai has operationalised emergency helpline numbers which have been functional since April 17," the statement said.
With PTI inputs