With no help coming from either the embassy or their airline company, 46 tired and angry French nationals stuck in New Delhi since Friday have decided to take action.
With no help coming from either the embassy or their airline company, 46 tired and angry French nationals have been stranded in New Delhi. Their plane was scheduled to leave by late morning on Friday. By Sunday, their hotel had asked them to leave.
Among this group of 46 French nationals, all of whom were scheduled to leave on the same flight, the stress and fatigue have been building.
Some are even running out of their medication. “I brought a stockpile, but it’s gone,” Vidalie says. “I really need this medicine.”
Gérard and her group also decided to take matters into their own hands.
“We had an Indian television channel, the NDTV, come here in an attempt to try to get things moving,” she says. But when the cameraman arrived on Sunday to film the group, tensions flared.
Gérard says an embassy employee that they spoke to on the telephone would not even give her name.
The disgruntled travellers say they want to let their dissatisfaction with the embassy’s services be known. They also have plans to take turns every day calling the airline to complain.
“If we become divided, it’s all over,” Vidalie says. “There are moments of pressure at times since the situation is so brutal. But overall, there is great solidarity among us.”
