Left has its way on Kolkata airport

New Delhi: Bowing to pressure from the left, the committee on infrastructure (CoI) constituted by the Prime Minister has decided to give the Airports Authority of India exclusive rights to modernise Kolkata airport. The Left was against private developers rebuilding and developing infrastructure for the airport.
The CoI, which met here today under the chairmanship of Dr Manmohan Singh, has allocated Rs 1542 crore for the first phase of development of the airport. Once complete, the airport would have four times more traffic than the present five lakh passengers.
Modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, on the other hand, is in the hands of consortiums, including AAI and private developers. The CoI put on hold a decision on Chennai airport till 31 May as the AAI found the land offered by the Tamil Nadu government not worthy enough.
18/04/07 The Statesman

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Categories: Airports Apr 2007, New Apr 2007