Citizen’s body protests closure of old Bangalore airport

Bangalore: The Union government is showing undue haste in opening the new international airport in the city on 23 May, at a time when the Karnataka high court is on vacation and cannot hear a public interest litigation that pleads against closing the old airport, says a citizen’s body.
The citizen’s organization, Bangalore City Connect Foundation (BCCF), has also pointed out that the state is under Central rule and is currently electing a government in a three-phase poll, the results of which are due on 26 May.
The Bangalore International Airport Ltd (Bial) announced on Friday that the new airport it has built will become operational from 23 May, following a formal approval by the Union civil aviation ministry.
BCCF says closing the decades-old airport is against public interest as it would affect investment and employment in India’s Silicon City. The citizen’s group says the concession agreement should be renegotiated because air traffic to the city has grown nearly four times since it was signed.
17/05/08 K. Raghu/Livemint

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Categories: Airports May 2008