Ground handling policy delayed at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: The new ground handling policy (GHP) that was to come into existence from January 1, 2011 has again been postponed by 15 days. This is because the Delhi high court (HC) has asked the government to ensure that certain security functions are still handled by them rather than outsourced.
The loss of jobs of 22,000 to 30,000 working with 35 ground handling agencies at Mumbai airport is at least safe for the next 15 days.“According to an interim order of the Delhi HC on December 23, the decision on the new GHP will be taken by January 15, 2011,” says an official from Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).“This is because the HC wants government to take care of 13 security functions and not hand them over to private parties,” he says.
This is for the third time that the new GHP that was to be implemented in 2007 at six metro airports — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad —missed its deadline for the third time.
31/12/10 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010