Don't expect airport to be crime-free: Minister

Kolkata: If you think flying into the city will be a world-class experience when the new integrated terminal starts functioning, think twice. For, the menace of touts that passengers encounter while exiting the present terminal will, in all likelihood, remain. At least that is what a comment from Union minister of state for urban development and chairman of airport advisory committee Saugata Roy hinted at on Friday.
"Is there any place in the world that is free from crime? Can one make such a claim with certainty? Then how can you expect Kolkata airport to be an oasis?" Roy remarked on the issue during a press conference at the airport.
However, contrary to the minister's claim, one does not find touts in front of the terminal buildings at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore or Hyderabad.
04/08/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Aug 2012