[governance] Hyderabad and travel to India -- good experience

[Adam Peake]

Hi,

I think everyone must be wondering about security 
in India.  I am not a security expert, just a 
traveller, but thought I'd let you know what I've 
just experienced...  I flew in to Hyderabad via 
Delhi a few hours ago. Delhi airport seemed busy, 
but operating very normally. Immigration, baggage 
collection, customs, transfer between 
international and domestic airports (in Delhi 
that means a 20-30 minute drive in city traffic) 
seemed perfectly normal.

I guess things may be different in at Mubai for 
anyone transiting there, and events in the city 
are terrible, but all has been fine for me.

Never know what might happen, crossing the road 
might be a challenge!  But right now all seems, 
well, normal.

Note Markus Kummer sent to the MAG list below.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in a few 
days.  One tip: if you are changing planes from 
international to domestic at an airport in India, 
call your airline before and see if they have a 
bus for transfers between terminals, or of one's 
needed.

I cannot make any recommendation about travel, 
that's for you and your country's travel 
advisories to decide. But hope it helps to know 
that from my experience today things seems  fine.

Good luck with upgrades :-)

Adam



At 1:59 PM +0100 11/27/08, Markus KUMMER wrote:
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>We have received many queries in the aftermath 
>of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Wile our 
>thoughts are with the victims, I am impressed 
>with the resolve of the Indian people not to let 
>terrorism get in the way of their daily lives.
>
>Our hosts have every intention to go ahead with 
>the Hyderabad meeting as planned and will update 
>the Host Country Web site accordingly. The Chief 
>of the UN Security team in charge of the 
>Hyderabad meeting is already on site and 
>coordinating with his Indian counterparts on how 
>best to secure the meeting. They are currently 
>assessing the security situation and we will 
>keep you posted should there be any change of 
>the situation.
>
>Many Foreign Ministries/Embassies post their own 
>travel advisories ­ you may wish to consult the 
>one of your own country in order to make up your 
>mind whether or not to travel to Hyderabad. 
>Ultimately, each participant will have to decide 
>by himself or herself.
>
>While I am not authorized to give any security 
>assessment, I can write about my own impressions 
>and observations. Life here goes on in an 
>orderly and disciplined manner and as a visitor 
>I feel in no way threatened or insecure. It is 
>not up to me to make any recommendation in this 
>matter. However, in my view, the Indian 
>Government and people deserve our solidarity. 
>Wat better way to show solidarity than by 
>attending the Hyderabad meeting?
>
>Best regards
>
>Markus
>
>
>




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