Jammu: Expressing concern over the tragic chopper crash near Katra which claimed seven lives, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and former Minister regretted that the govt. generally wakes up only after the catastrophe has struck. He said that it was reprehensible that the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated the Safety Audit of the Heli operations only after the occurrence of the tragedy that had left the people of Jammu shocked. Harsh Dev Singh expressed concern over hazardous plight of Jammu Airport whose short and rough runway is not only a nightmare for pilots but poses threat to lives of passengers. He said that the govt. had not only neglected long pending extension of the existing runway at the Jammu Airport from 6700 feet to 8000 feet as repeatedly warned by Aviation experts but also displayed criminal negligence in ensuring proper maintenance of the Airport thus putting the very lives of passengers to jeopardy. Expressing serious concern over the only recent reports of the Air officer commanding (AOC), who had expressed apprehensions of serious threats to the safety of aircrafts and passengers in view of shabby plight of Airport. He regretted that the much awaited expansion of Jammu Airport seemed to have gone in a limbo despite Rs. 70 crore having been sanctioned for the project in 2011 under PM"s Task Force recommendations.
26/11/15 The Northlines
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26/11/15 The Northlines
