Dammam: Community welfare workshop held for Indian Social Forum volunteers

Media Release

September 9, 2018

Dammam: Indian Social Forum Karnataka (ISF) State Eastern Province conducted community welfare activities workshop for the volunteers to deal with Indian community welfare cases in Saudi Arabia on September 7, 2018 at Rose Restaurant Auditorium, Dammam.

The aim of the workshop was to brief Indian Social Welfare activities and train ISF volunteer to how effectively they can get involved in the welfare activities of fellow NRIs in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammad Firoz (Secretary Indian Social Forum Karnataka) speaking on the occasion, explained the volunteer on the methods & techniques dealing with community welfare activities and highlighted the importance of coordinating with Indian Embassy while addressing the NRI issues. Naushad Katipalla, in-charge of the ISF Community Welfare team conducted the Q & A session for the audience. Being an authorized volunteer of the Indian Embassy, Naushad Katipalla has been assisting NRIs in several years in Saudi Arabia. He was effectively able to respond to the questions raised by attendees during the session and his way of handling the session was applauded by the guests and volunteers. ISF State Committee SWC member Arif Jokatte briefed about the Indian Social Forum activities and hosted the event.

Indian Social Forum Volunteers Ibrahim Abdul Khader AlKhobar , Rafique Budoli AlHasa, Hasan Kinnigoli Jubail were felicitated for their excellent contribution to Indian Community welfare activities in the recent past.

Earlier Muhammad Salahuddin, General Secretary Indian Social Forum Karnataka welcomed the gathering and Mohammed Shareef President Indian Social Forum Karnataka appealed NRIs to join hands with Indian Social Forum to help the needy fellow Indians in Saudi Arabia. Sajid Valavoor General Secretary India Fraternity Forum, Tajamul Hussain Raichur Trust, Masada Nawin Bhandary, Mohammed Noumann, Sayyed Amir, Safeerul Haq Tamimi, Dr. Abhijit (Rahwda Hospital), Bandenawaz Bijapur, Anwar Sadath Mangalore, Ibrahim Vasat Mangalore , Suhail Mysore, Iftikar Bangalore, Mohammed Ashraf Helpy, Atik Mysore, Hamid Hussain and syed Saifulla were present at the Guest section of the auditorium

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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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