Under pressure, Thiruvananthapuram airport director may be removed

Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst the uncertainty over the commissioning of the new terminal of Thiruvananthapuram airport, a move is on to shift airport director V N Chandran from the post.
Sources in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said there is strong lobbying from various quarters to shift Chandran from the post. A decision in this regard is likely to be taken soon.
Chandran, who had taken over as the Thiruvananthapuram airport director hardly ten months ago, had initiated stern measures against various irregularities going on at the airport terminal. Such measures had invited the wrath of the enemies, sources at the airport said.
The airport director was also under stiff pressure from the Airports Authority of India to commission the new terminal.
However, there has been a lack of cooperation from certain agencies which was delaying the commissioning of the terminal. The Air India, which was responsible for arranging the ground handling facilities, is yet to complete the works.
20/10/10 Arjun Raghunath/ExpressBuzz

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Categories: airports Oct 2010