Amid explosions, the mood at camps housing thousands of Indian, predominantly Punjabi workers, across Abu Dhabi and Dubai remains pensive in view of the escalating tensions over the US-Israel-Iran conflict.
Hundreds of Indians remain stranded due to flights not taking off across West Asia.A Chandigarh-based business family, including two toddlers, had gone for a 10-day holiday to Dubai.
They were to return to the city on March 3.
But as the air space was shut down, the family is now unsure of its return.“We contacted the Indian Embassy and were asked to fill a form.
We are hopeful that the Indian Government will come out with an evacuation plan soon.
Till then, we have confined ourselves to a hotel.
The hotel staffers are themselves unsure of how things would unfold and are not able to help us,” the businessman’s wife told The Tribune on condition of anonymity.
She added that they were staying at a hotel that is at a distance from the city and are not moving out.Another Chandigarh-based businessman, who was on the way to Berlin on a business trip, is stranded in Dubai.
He said he had a stopover in Dubai, but because of the air strikes on Iran, his....
