With the Left still adamant that the modernisation contract for Delhi and Mumbai airports be given to the Airports Authority of India, the CPI(M) now believes that while the AAI should get the contract, it would be up to the AAI to hire an international operator to carry out the modernisation or be a part of green field airport projects in the two cities. Should that happen, the Left would has no objection. Suggestions on those lines were made when CPI(M) and RSP members had met the Prime Minister during the Winter Session of Parliament. Incidentally, no CPI member was present at the meeting.
According to CPI(M) MP and party politburo member Sitaram Yechury, the modernisation process of the airports was held up because the government insisted that privatisation must happen first.
He said today that an assessment needed to be made on which cities needed a second airport given the projected increase in air traffic. ‘‘It is our view that Mumbai and Delhi need another airport. New airport construction should be started as green field projects and according to existing law, in green field airports FDI can’t exceed 49 per cent,’’ he said.
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