Over 150 passengers were stranded at Kuwait airport for four days after several flights to Mumbai were cancelled.

The passengers, mostly Indians, were flying in from different destinations and were scheduled to board the connecting Kuwait Airways flights to Mumbai.

The stranded passengers have complained to the Consulate General of Kuwait in Mumbai and Kuwait Airways that they were discriminated against during their wait in Kuwait.

“I was returning from New York on June 11 and was supposed to take a connecting flight to Mumbai on Monday. When we had queued up to board the plane, we were told that our flight to Mumbai has been cancelled.

The next six hours were the worst time of our lives,” said an affected passenger Dr Nimesh Shah.

Director of the Traffic Violations Department at the General Traffic Department (GTD), Colonel Mohsen Al-Khayyal has said the department will soon introduce a new system to collect traffic fines at all exit points.

Al-Khayyal disclosed the GCC citizens and expatriates will not be permitted to leave the country unless they pay the money they owe the GTD.

To facilitate the collection of fines, the GTD has made all the necessary arrangement and the needed staff is being trained in this regard, he added.

Al-Khayyal added GTD has begun collecting fines and fees through a network linked with various government departments and no official transactions can be completed unless money owed to the GTD is paid.Al-Khayyal pointed out the GTD has completed a project through which motorists will be notified of traffic violations so that the concerned person is aware of how much money he/she has to pay the GTD.