New Delhi: Does the right hand know what the left is up to in the Ministry of Civil Aviation? Junior Minister Mahesh Sharma announced a decision on building a second airport in the Delhi-NCR region last week with much fanfare. He said that time that all stakeholders have been consulted and the ministry has given its in-principle nod. But his senior colleague and cabinet minister A Gajapathi Raju today appeared clueless about the entire issue.
When asked about the second airport, Raju said "I won't know if a proposal has gone from this ministry on a second airport in NCR. If any state sends proposal, we can look at an airport proposal....I am not even sure this proposal needs a nod of the cabinet".
As we said in a piece earlier this week our sources have already indicated that frustrated at the glacial speed with which this ministry has been working all of last year, the 'powers that be' have brought in several changes in its functioning. First, the top bureaucrat manning the ministry was changed a few weeks back and RN Choubey was brought in as the civil aviation secretary. And now, we hear from reliable sources that in a meeting last week, the 'powers that be' again warned ministry officials against delaying decisions. Or else. According to these sources, the 'powers that be' have now charged Minister of State Mahesh Sharma with taking quick decisions on crucial matters as they decide the fate of his senior A Gajapathi Raju.
02//07/15 FP Staff/F.Business
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When asked about the second airport, Raju said "I won't know if a proposal has gone from this ministry on a second airport in NCR. If any state sends proposal, we can look at an airport proposal....I am not even sure this proposal needs a nod of the cabinet".
As we said in a piece earlier this week our sources have already indicated that frustrated at the glacial speed with which this ministry has been working all of last year, the 'powers that be' have brought in several changes in its functioning. First, the top bureaucrat manning the ministry was changed a few weeks back and RN Choubey was brought in as the civil aviation secretary. And now, we hear from reliable sources that in a meeting last week, the 'powers that be' again warned ministry officials against delaying decisions. Or else. According to these sources, the 'powers that be' have now charged Minister of State Mahesh Sharma with taking quick decisions on crucial matters as they decide the fate of his senior A Gajapathi Raju.
02//07/15 FP Staff/F.Business
