Nagpur: Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Tuesday the delay in getting the Boeing MRO operational was "unacceptable." After visiting the site, the under construction taxiway and interacting with officials of Air India, the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC) and a representative of Boeing, Raju said he would get down to "real business" in Delhi by next week to finalize a firm timeline.
"Within a week, I will call a meeting of all stakeholders and get them to work out a time frame within which the MRO facility could get rolling," he said. The project was conceived in 2005 but the actual construction started in 2011. The Rs800 crore unit is ready and the minister is keen that there are no further delays in getting it started.
Raju said he was "satisfied with MRO unit as stand-alone," but was quick to add that "the integration work was lacking." "Now, we are at the fag end of 2014. That the project is still to start production is something I am worried about. I came to see the ground reality and assess the status. The parliament session is beginning soon and if someone raises a question, I have to answer it," he said.
18/11/14 Ramu Bhagwat & Shishir Arya/Times of India
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"Within a week, I will call a meeting of all stakeholders and get them to work out a time frame within which the MRO facility could get rolling," he said. The project was conceived in 2005 but the actual construction started in 2011. The Rs800 crore unit is ready and the minister is keen that there are no further delays in getting it started.
Raju said he was "satisfied with MRO unit as stand-alone," but was quick to add that "the integration work was lacking." "Now, we are at the fag end of 2014. That the project is still to start production is something I am worried about. I came to see the ground reality and assess the status. The parliament session is beginning soon and if someone raises a question, I have to answer it," he said.
18/11/14 Ramu Bhagwat & Shishir Arya/Times of India
