INDIAN METROS AGAIN
January 1st, 2003
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKAANOTHER delay has hit the protracted Indian government scheme to lease out the key metropolitan airports of Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras) and Kolkata (Calcutta). The proposal was referred to a committee of two cabinet ministers in January, so that further details could be worked out over a month by the ministries of finance and civil aviation. The idea, said an Indian government statement, was to chart a roadmap for the speedy development of the airports. However, some Indian press reports have suggested that a New Year ...
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