Aviation Ministry, AAI refute CAG’s findings on DIAL

New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG), allegations of discrepancies in the procedure to award construction, operation and maintenance contract for Delhi airport to Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a consortium led by the GMR Group, has been rebutted by the civil aviation ministry, Airports Authority of India and the company.
The draft report says that “while seeking approval for the restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Cabinet note specifically envisaged a concession period of 30 years, which could be extended by another 30 years, subject to mutual agreement and negotiation of terms. However, in the draft Operations, Maintenance and Development Agreement...the important condition subject to mutual agreement and negotiations of terms was omitted.”
However, DIAL has clarified that all the terms and conditions in the bid document were reviewed by the Empowered Group of Ministers from December 2005 to January 2006 and approved by the Cabinet.
10/08/12 Indian Express

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Categories: airports Aug 2012