New Delhi: The 810 flats at Air India's housing colony have been crying out for renovation. Senior officials have been fighting for several years to improve their living conditions. The crumbling walls and dilapidated look are telltale signs of not just neglect but a possible misuse of funds—the airliner claims to have spent crores on renovating these flats; where all that money went is anybody's guess.
Water seeps from the ceiling owing to tanks on the rooftop; the decades-old distemper has come off most walls; cement awnings have given way to expose the girder frames. Even so, Air India claims to have spent about Rs 3.91 crore on the flats in Vasant Vihar (near Vasant Continental) in 2010-11. While details of the expenditure in the current financial year are not available, senior Air India officials claim renovation of the colony is in full swing. According to them, contractors have been hired. It is another matter that the residents haven't seen any labourers apart from those engaged by them.
25/03/14 Suhas Munshi/Times of India
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Water seeps from the ceiling owing to tanks on the rooftop; the decades-old distemper has come off most walls; cement awnings have given way to expose the girder frames. Even so, Air India claims to have spent about Rs 3.91 crore on the flats in Vasant Vihar (near Vasant Continental) in 2010-11. While details of the expenditure in the current financial year are not available, senior Air India officials claim renovation of the colony is in full swing. According to them, contractors have been hired. It is another matter that the residents haven't seen any labourers apart from those engaged by them.
25/03/14 Suhas Munshi/Times of India
