Indian ambassador accorded farewell in Abu Dhabi

August 17, 2016

Abu Dhabi: T P Seetharam, the outgoing Indian Ambassador to the UAE, was accorded a farewell by Indian organisations in Abu Dhabi recently.

The event was organised by Indian Social and Cultural Centre in association with ADMS, KSC, IIC and ILA at ISC auditorium.

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M.A. Yousuf Ali, chairman of ISC board of governors and chairman and managing director of LuLu Group International, Thomas Varghese, president of ISC, and representatives of various organisations felicitated the ambassador.

A team of Bearys Welfare Forum comprising its President Mohammed Ali Uchil, and Secretary Abdullah Madumoole also met the outgoing ambassador and thanked him for more than two and half years of service in the Emirates.

Seetharam, the Indian Ambassador-designate to the UAE has assumed office on Monday at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

The ambassador said he wanted the embassy to extend help and support to the skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers who constitute 65 per cent of the Indian population in the UAE.

Those expatriate workers heavily contribute to the Indian economy with their regular “faithful and loyal” remittances to India, Mr Seetharam said.

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Best wishes to Mr.Seetharam, one of the best approachable Indian Ambassador for common Indians, UAE had. Most instrumental in bringing the India-UAE bilateral relations to it's best. With his common family background, did his best to look after common Indians and their problems.

May God bless him with best future

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

Agencies

August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week.

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