New Delhi: Even as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is rattled by the inferior quality runway at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates the facility, is turning a blind eye to the problem caused by the patchy re-carpeting of the tarmac and its poor maintenance.
The shoddy maintenance work at the airport in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi jeopardises the safety of passengers with flights being operated under challenging circumstances.
DGCA detects flaws in runway maintenance work at Ahmedabad airport, AAI fails to act despite incriminating vigilance report
However, according to sources, AAI is sitting on a vigilance probe on the re-carpeting of the runway at the Ahmedabad airport, which indicted several officers including engineers for misdeeds and did not take up the enquiry to punish the accused.
“After serious irregularities in re-carpeting was unearthed by the vigilance team, some officers were charge-sheeted but the top-level management responsible for implementation and monitoring somehow managed to get away by manipulating the system. In fact, a general manager-level officer directly responsible for the irregularities in re-carpeting of the runway was promoted. Not only substandard materials were used in re-carpeting but there are still open drains and bitumen waste lying at the runway strip posing serious danger to aircraft operations. The enquiry committee, which was formed to fix responsibility did nothing in this case despite involving a huge expenditure. The DGCA's recent inspection has exposed what AAI officers were trying to cover up for the last one-and-half years,” the sources said.
24/07/19 Yatoish Yadav/First Post
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The shoddy maintenance work at the airport in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi jeopardises the safety of passengers with flights being operated under challenging circumstances.
DGCA detects flaws in runway maintenance work at Ahmedabad airport, AAI fails to act despite incriminating vigilance report
However, according to sources, AAI is sitting on a vigilance probe on the re-carpeting of the runway at the Ahmedabad airport, which indicted several officers including engineers for misdeeds and did not take up the enquiry to punish the accused.
“After serious irregularities in re-carpeting was unearthed by the vigilance team, some officers were charge-sheeted but the top-level management responsible for implementation and monitoring somehow managed to get away by manipulating the system. In fact, a general manager-level officer directly responsible for the irregularities in re-carpeting of the runway was promoted. Not only substandard materials were used in re-carpeting but there are still open drains and bitumen waste lying at the runway strip posing serious danger to aircraft operations. The enquiry committee, which was formed to fix responsibility did nothing in this case despite involving a huge expenditure. The DGCA's recent inspection has exposed what AAI officers were trying to cover up for the last one-and-half years,” the sources said.
24/07/19 Yatoish Yadav/First Post
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