Nedumbassery: The State government has approved an additional batch of officers, consisting of seven sub-inspectors and a circle inspector of the Kerala police, to be appointed in the immigration wing at the Cochin International Airport.
The airport officials on Monday received an order in this regard from the Home Affairs department.
The new batch of officers, who are expected to join here by the end of this month, has been drawn from various arms of the State police such as the State Rapid Action Force and the Police Academy.
With the new batch, the total number of immigration officials at the department will be 57 and even then, 10 more seats will remain vacant. However, sources in the immigration wing said they would require about 100 more officers to handle the large volume of international passengers through this airport during the holiday seasons.
Cause of delay
Earlier, there were reports that the acute staff shortage in the immigration wing was resulting in a delay of international flight departures from here during the peak hours.
As the number of passengers to West Asian countries has gone up during the season and with most of the counters remaining unmanned, it became difficult for them to handle this flow of international passengers with the existing personnel.
The airport officials on Monday received an order in this regard from the Home Affairs department.
The new batch of officers, who are expected to join here by the end of this month, has been drawn from various arms of the State police such as the State Rapid Action Force and the Police Academy.
With the new batch, the total number of immigration officials at the department will be 57 and even then, 10 more seats will remain vacant. However, sources in the immigration wing said they would require about 100 more officers to handle the large volume of international passengers through this airport during the holiday seasons.
Cause of delay
Earlier, there were reports that the acute staff shortage in the immigration wing was resulting in a delay of international flight departures from here during the peak hours.
As the number of passengers to West Asian countries has gone up during the season and with most of the counters remaining unmanned, it became difficult for them to handle this flow of international passengers with the existing personnel.
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