Male: Batting strongly against pro-government parties' efforts to reclaim Male International Airport from Indian firm GMR, former President Mohamed Nasheed said the move would cause "irrevocable" damage to the country.
Nasheed said that his government had awarded the airport to GMR to stop "rain leaks" into the airport and to develop it.
While addressing a rally, the ex-President stressed that in order to make the airport the most developed one in the region; it should be handed over to a company with the necessary skill and resources.
Nasheed also criticised the efforts of the pro-government parties to reclaim the airport from GMR.
He said everything in airport, key to the high-end Maldivian tourism, belongs to citizens of Maldives and the airport "won't be taken out of the country".
"Talk of taking the airport from GMR is highly irresponsible. All I can say is it could cause irrevocable damages to the Maldives," Nasheed was quoted as saying by Haveeru newspaper.
05/11/12 PTI/ZeeNews
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Nasheed said that his government had awarded the airport to GMR to stop "rain leaks" into the airport and to develop it.
While addressing a rally, the ex-President stressed that in order to make the airport the most developed one in the region; it should be handed over to a company with the necessary skill and resources.
Nasheed also criticised the efforts of the pro-government parties to reclaim the airport from GMR.
He said everything in airport, key to the high-end Maldivian tourism, belongs to citizens of Maldives and the airport "won't be taken out of the country".
"Talk of taking the airport from GMR is highly irresponsible. All I can say is it could cause irrevocable damages to the Maldives," Nasheed was quoted as saying by Haveeru newspaper.
05/11/12 PTI/ZeeNews
