Panaji: Once vaunted and an object for appropriation of cheap brownie points for Goa's political parties while it was being constructed, Goa's 10-month-young new airport terminal, built at a cost of Rs 345 crore (USD 56.5 million), is suddenly "nobody's child".
The still shiny new airport building at the Dabolim International Airport, Goa's only aviation facility that functions from a military base, has now become a political hot potato for the opposition Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for being badly planned, tardy, smelly and of defective construction standards with several loose ends and even "unsafe".
Inaugurated last December, Congress legislator Mauvin Godinho claims the airport is shockingly unplanned and disaster prone.
"It is most shocking that they have built the parking bay for aeroplanes near fuel dumps. Who plans like this? There are so many planes parked there during peak hours and they are in danger in case of an accident. The navy (which controls the airport) should have been a bit humane and have more concern for civilian needs," Godinho told IANS.
16/09/14 ZeeNews
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The still shiny new airport building at the Dabolim International Airport, Goa's only aviation facility that functions from a military base, has now become a political hot potato for the opposition Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for being badly planned, tardy, smelly and of defective construction standards with several loose ends and even "unsafe".
Inaugurated last December, Congress legislator Mauvin Godinho claims the airport is shockingly unplanned and disaster prone.
"It is most shocking that they have built the parking bay for aeroplanes near fuel dumps. Who plans like this? There are so many planes parked there during peak hours and they are in danger in case of an accident. The navy (which controls the airport) should have been a bit humane and have more concern for civilian needs," Godinho told IANS.
16/09/14 ZeeNews
