Need govt help for Delhi airport upgrade: GMR

New Delhi: Caught in a cross fire between the Planning Commission and the Civil Aviation Ministry, the GMR group has informed the government of as many as 14 issues are beyond its control and needs help to complete the Rs8,975 crore Delhi airport project by 2010.
Listing out challenges to execution of international terminal, the group company DIAL told the Planning Commission it immediately required additional augmentation of immigration and security staff, even for X-ray machines for maximum utilization of existing facilities even before the new counters are added by June.
The delays and inconvenience faced by him while seeing off some guests at the international airport had prompted Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to hold a review meeting with DIAL, a move that triggered a public spat with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.
In a presentation consisting of nearly five dozen slides, GMR officials listed out restrictions in carrying out some demolition and construction activities for which it could not be faulted, informed sources said.
16/05/08 PTI/Livemint

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Categories: Airports May 2008