Stinking subway greets air passengers

Chennai: “Welcome. Chennai Airport,” announces a fading greeting painted on the walls of the pedestrian subway. A few hundred metres away, a world-class facility for air passengers is under construction. The pathway leading to the airport from Tirusulam railway station, however, offers passengers nothing but foul smell and dust.
A pedestrian subway built at a cost of nearly Rs. 5 crore has a lift that has not been working since 2009 after rain water flooded it and damaged pumps and other equipment. One end of the subway is also a gathering point for miscreants who consume liquor after dusk. The gut-wrenching smell of urine is the first thing that greets the unsuspecting traveller who enters the subway to access the suburban electric train services of the city.
30/06/12 K. Manikandan/The Hindu

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Categories: airports Jun 2012