check pics, progress reports etc
new airports will be ready in a few years ......lets hope so !!!!!
Delhi -http://www.newdelhiairport.in/
Bangalore -
http://www.bialairport.com/project_pictures.htm?cid=contentarea&ses=bial
Hyderabad - http://www.newhyderabadairport.com/
http://www.newhyderabadairport.com/information/photos.html
cochin- http://www.cochin-airport.com/html/0100fram.htm
( probably the best maintained in India )
Kolkata - ?????? same old, same old !!!!
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:48:56 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
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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
=============================================================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 collapse15 Nov 2007, 0508 hrs IST,TNN Print
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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
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