Indian bid to manage Nepal Airport handling is to strike China: Reports

There are reports that the Indian Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) of India had forwarded a LOI (Letter of Intent) to the government of Nepal to take over the management of some 15 domestic airports and the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. All the Nepali airports are taken as strategically important because of its “location”.
In the LoI received from India, the Indian company had shown its keen interest to take over the management of airports at Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Surkhet, Lumka, Jumla, Chandragadi, Pokhara, Jomsom, Tumlingtar, Bhairawaha, Simra, Lamidanda, Dhangadi, Janakpur and Bharatpur.
The Jana Disha Daily-the Maoists’ Party mouth piece dated December 7, 2009, had reported that at the consultative meeting held between the representatives of the Government of India and Nepal, December 4-7, 2009 in Kathmandu, the Nepali side had provided a clear go-ahead signal to India to construct an Air-Strip for the Indian Air Force in Surket.
Later the government of Nepal retracted from its earlier stand after formally scolded by China as it considered that the decision would pose grave security threat to China, it had been reported then.
13/07/12 Telegraph Nepal

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