It is time to turn to private sector for airport management in India. I read
an article about an airport in Kerala that is being managed under private
sector and how clean the airport is.
How about assigning the airport management to Lalu Yadav? Apparently he made
a lot of improvements in the railways.
Dilip
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Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare ?
Has???
It has always been so. Just getting worse. I was there a month ago. The
parking lot is a nightmare. We could not push our luggage loaded carts to the
car in the parking lot, because of the unbelievable pot-holes, all the way.
Had to lift the cart up, with the help of all the young men waiting around for
the opportunity to help out. Not that I grudge them. But IGI being the front
door to the capital of a super-power wanna-be, the state of affairs IN and
AROUND the airport and its amenities ( if one could call it that) boggled the
mind. Someone explained a new parking lot is being built. I will believe it
when I see it. All the renovation work going on in the passenger areas tell a
tale of appalling infrastructure behind the ripped out finishes. No wonder the
ceilings keep falling.
And that tunnel out of the international arrivals area! It has no parallel.
What seems to be India's problem anyway?
But on a the brighter side, I was pleasantly surprised by a CLEANER Delhi, at
least at the upscale neighborhoods like Defense Colony . The sidewalks were
swept, no plastic bags and paper on the plants flanking them. The plants
looked maintained. The taxi driver explained it is the upcoming Asian Games (
or is it the Commonwealth Games). It was a different story however, on the way
to IIT Delhi.
cm
Click!
IGI official escapes roof collapse
15 Nov 2007, 0508 hrs IST,TNN
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NEW DELHI: Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare not only for passengers
but also for those who are working there.
On Wednesday morning, a lady officer had a miraculous escape when the roof of
her newly renovated room collapsed on her. Aman Saini, assistant general
manager of terminal-II, was working on her computer about 10.30 am when the
false ceiling came crashing down, along with the airconditioning ducts. A
senior official of the airport had to pull her out from under the debris.
Even as preparations are on to make travelling more convenient during the foggy
months, frequent complaints by people on the degraded condition of the airport
at present has forced the ministry of civil aviation to sit up and take notice.
Sources said that based on the complaints on dysfunctional toilets and other
issues sent to the ministry, it was planning to conduct a surprise check at the
airport in the near future.
While Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) officials tried to
downplay the incident and said that "only a single panel had fallen and the
official wasn't hurt", sources revealed that officials were appalled at the
condition of the airport.
"The airport manager's room is newly constructed and if this is what happens to
renovated rooms, one can imagine how it is elsewhere," said an official.
"We are lucky that the Amin escaped with scratches but to have the entire roof
collapse on one's head can be a major shock and could have turned very ugly,"
he added.
The old airport manager's room was recently demolished and the new one set up
outside terminal-II. Strangely, with renovation on, there is no access to the
room from inside and can only be reached from the city side.
The room where the roof collapsed was a little way behind the main structure
which is not frequented by people often.
According to sources, the condition of the airport, specially during
renovation, has made travelling a complete hassle. Recently, a passenger at the
international departure terminal had a part of the false ceiling collapse on
her head. She too, luckily escaped with minor injuries. Cases of people
tripping over loose tiles and slippery floors is also becoming common.
Sources also revealed that only one ladies' toilet was functional at the
international departure terminal, and that too on the lower level.
"The maintenance of toilets at the international airport is with AAI and there
are some issues between the GMR Group and AAI employees that is aggravating the
problem," said sources. News on the airside is no better. Recently, civil
aviation director general Kanu Gohain took a tour of the operations area at the
airport to see the conditions after the recent spate of accidents. He is learnt
to have reprimanded eight drivers who were found to be driving "worse than
Blueline drivers".
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