CPI(M), CITU back AAI employees on closure of airports

New Delhi: Airports Authority of India employees, who are protesting the closure of the existing Bangalore and Hyderabad airports, on Sunday received a shot in the arm with the CPI(M) and the CITU backing their demand.
"The CPI(M) Central Committee calls upon the government to stop closure of the Hyderabad and Bangalore airports which are under the AAI," CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat told a press conference here.
The existing airports are to be closed down once the greenfield airports become operational. While the new Hyderabad airport is to be inaugurated on March 16, the Bangalore one is expected to start in the next few weeks.
Karat said a parliamentary Standing Committee had unanimously recommended that both the existing airports should continue to function due to the voluminous rise in traffic. The decision to close them down was taken because of the launch of the new private airports.
09/03/08 PTI/The Hindu

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