SC: Consider 2-airport option

New Delhi: A bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice M K Sarma asked the Centre to consider the petition and inform the petitioners in due course of time.
The matter was disposed of after Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subrama-nium informed the bench that the government will consider their concerns in accordance with law at a meeting scheduled for May 12 to discuss the advice of the Karnataka High Court.
Senior advocate Harish Salve appearing for the Bangalore City Connect Foundation, an NGO, submitted that the petitioner did not object to the opening of new airport, but they wanted the HAL airport to be used for short-haul domestic flights for the convenience of the public.
“It is submitted that the High Court erred in failing to direct for continued operation of HAL airport while itself directing the Union of India to renegotiate the terms of the concession agreement,” said the petition.
06/05/08 Deccan Herald

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