Chennai: Amid strong protests from employees of Airports Authority of India (AAI), leading companies, including the GMR Group, GVK, Tatas and Siemens, inspected Chennai airport on Wednesday.
The inspection was a precursor to the companies’ participation in a bid to privatise the airport. The prospective bidders questioned AAI officials about the secondary runway of the airport.
As part of modernisation project, the secondary runway had to be extended up to 3,400 metres at a cost of Rs. 450 crore. But despite the investment, the current length of the runway is only 2,200 metres.
Officials said the private player taking over the airport may be able to develop shopping malls on the premises.
05/03/15 Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
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The inspection was a precursor to the companies’ participation in a bid to privatise the airport. The prospective bidders questioned AAI officials about the secondary runway of the airport.
As part of modernisation project, the secondary runway had to be extended up to 3,400 metres at a cost of Rs. 450 crore. But despite the investment, the current length of the runway is only 2,200 metres.
Officials said the private player taking over the airport may be able to develop shopping malls on the premises.
05/03/15 Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
