In a statement, CAASL Additional Director General P. A. Jayakantha said the restrictions were applied until further notice following the guidelines received by the Health Ministry until the next evaluation, reports the Daily Mirror newspaper.
He said the CAASL have directed all airlines to preventing disembarking Indian passengers.
The announcement comes as India is struggling to battle a second deadlier wave of the pandemic.
As of Thursday, India's overall Covid-19 caseload and death toll stood at 2,10,77,410 and 2,30,168, respectively.
It has been 15 straight days that India has recorded more than three lakh cases daily, while the casualties have been over 3,000 deaths for nine consecutive days.
(IANS)
SL bans all Indian travellers until further notice
Colombo, May 6: The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) on Thursday announced its decision to suspend all Indian travellers from entering the country with immediate effect in an effort to curb the spread of the Indian Covid-19 variant.
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Validity of Aus' India travel ban to be challenged court
Canberra, May 6: The validity of the Australian government's controversial decision to ban travel from India will be challenged in the Federal Court.
Gary Newman, a 73-year-old Australian who travelled to India in March 2020 and has not been able to return home, on Wednesday lodged legal
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