Now, parliament panel steps in airport mess

New Delhi: Peeved over the delay in clearing the modernisation and expansion works at the Kolkata and Chennai airports and the mess that has been created of the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, the parliamentary committee on civil aviation has summoned both the Planning Commission and the civil aviation ministry for a meeting on May 22 to explain their stands on the issue.
Speaking to FE, a senior parliamentarian on the committee said, “The Planning Commission has been creating some trouble for some time now. Frankly speaking, it has crossed its line (now). It has been raising too many objections. We want to know the reason behind this. Their objections have delayed clearance of the projects.”
“The Commission is more eager to put most of the modernisation projects on the PPP mode. They have not realised the mess they have created out of privatising the Delhi and Mumbai airports. They will be happy if we put the Kolkata and Chennai airports also on the PPP mode,” the member added.
17/05/08 Oineetom Ojah/Financial Express

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Categories: Airports May 2008