MIAL sends eviction notice to police station

Mumbai: Policemen at the Santacruz airport police station were in for a major shock recently, when they received an eviction notice from the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL). The notice stated that the police station would have to be demolished as part of MIAL’s redevelopment plans and asked the policemen to vacate their premises by March 18.
The police station, established in 1975, is located outside terminal 1-B of the domestic airport.
“The notice stated that the decomissioning would be effective from March 18, and the police station premises would have to be vacated by then,” Senior Police Inspector D B Sidam said.
“The property on which the police station is built belongs to the Airports Authority of India. It is the AAI’s responsibility to provide the requisite space for the police station, which maintains security right outside the airport terminals as well as in the parking spaces,” explained Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) Subhash Awate.
When queried on the issue, MIAL admitted that] the notice was, in fact, a major goof-up on its part.
15/03/07 Mumbai Newsline

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Categories: Airports Mar 2007