Chennai: Passengers who were hoping to check-in on time for their flights on Friday night had a bit of a shock - with traffic on GST Road being stalled to make way for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to leave the city between 8 pm and 9.30 pm, most people were in a state of panic by the time they reached the airport.
With the state police pulling out all stops to ensure that no untoward incident happened to the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, there were cops stationed all along the road from the Kathiapara flyover to well past the airport. As Modi was travelling along the length of Mount Road from Madras University to the Airport via Guindy, traffic was "temporarily kept to a minimum", according to a policeman.
Luckily for passengers in the cars, with the number of distressed calls made to Spicejet, Indigo and Air India, the airlines agreed to keep the check-in counters running for as close at 10 minutes prior to take-off. Airport sources said that passengers on at least 9 flights arrived in a panicked state, hoping that they'd be allowed to board the flight.
Read news in full 18/10/13 New Indian Express
Sunday 20 October 2013
Modi leaves stagnant traffic, delayed air passengers in his 'trail'
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