22/12/2009
Bangalore: A Karnataka house panel has recommended black-listing of infrastructure majors L&T, Siemens and Unique Zurich Airport for a minimum of five years for "poor quality of workmanship" at the Bangalore International Airport (BIAL).
A joint house committee of the Karnataka Assembly has also recommended "appropriate action" against those, including Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy, involved in the decision making process.
The report, tabled in the Assembly on Monday, cited 'poor quality' of workmanship, trading shares for profit without showing an "iota of concern" for general public, entrusting all airport works among private players in Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) for its recommendations.
It slammed "total apathy" towards users' needs and said the project partners, L&T, Siemens and Zurich, should not be considered for any work by both the government or its agencies for at least five years.
The committee said the decisions at each stage (right from project approval to construction) were not in accordance with the expectation of a world-class airport, and the present state of affairs is an outcome of such decisions.
Giving a list of officers involved in important decisions for initiating "appropriate action", it mentioned Infosys Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy, who was BIAL Chairman till 2005 and Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Chairman and CEO, BPL Innovations Business Group as also officials of the civil aviation ministry, Airport Authority of India and state agencies.
The Committee was set up to examine the lapses and suggest measures for improving the airport, which became operational in May last year, to international standards.
The report noted that in October this year, a promoter, the Unique (Flughafen Zurich AG) Zurich Airport, Switzerland, made a huge profit by off-loading 12 per cent (Rs 46.15 crore) of its 17 per cent (Rs 65.38 crore) stake at a over Rs 484.60 crore.
"The private promoter walked away with an over 1050 per cent return in just four years. This indicated that the private players have set their eyes on huge multiplication of their investment and have cut many corners for the sake of short-term profit," the report said.
The 21-member Committee, headed by D Hemachandra Sagar, was formed in September last year after several members alleged that the infrastructure created at the airport did not match international standards. Congress MLA D K Shivakumar alleged that BIA lacked very basic facilities.
The panel recommended that the airport be named immediately as "Kempegowda International Airport" after the name of the person who built Bengaluru.
Pointing out that the closure of HAL airport here (after the opening of BIA) negated the healthy competition and created private monopoly, it said the government should take necessary action to open the HAL airport.
It said the government of India should withdraw the order permitting BIAL to impose a user development fee (UDF) of Rs 260 on passengers as BIAL has failed to provide adequate facilities of international standard to the users.
Source: PTI
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K.Venugopal
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21 December 2009 23:48:23
This appears to be an unlikely charge. A perfectionist that NRN has proved himself to be through the creation of Infosys, the fault may lie elsewhere.
M.V.NAHUSHARAJ
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21 December 2009 23:43:19
The BIAL Report which is a Congress biased report,naturally is interested in nailing it's adversaries.Those whose palms were not greased are now up against those who refused grease them ! Since it not upto International standards,the airport is being named as Kempegowda Airport otherwise it would have been named after someone in the Sonia Gandhi family ! However,it must be known that there will be confusion over Kempegowda Bus Nildhana and Kempegowda Vimana Nildhana or Pathana,since more and more aircrafts are forcelanding now-a-days.
A Krishnan
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21 December 2009 23:35:52
I fully endorse the views of S B Chada. The panel's report smacks of personal vendetta against established and proven industrial leaders who were not full time employees and were advising the Government for the welfare of the city. If such people are targetted, no one will come forward in future to participate in programs to develop the city and the state.
The Joint House Committee has failed in nailing the real curlpits in BIAL and the contractors who did substandard works in connivance with those in BIAL. One only hopes that the real truth comes out instead of just blaming a few. As far naming the airport, the politicians can name it after any of the greats from Karnataka as long as it is justified. Why cant the airport be named after the Father of the Nation?
S B Chadha
#4
21 December 2009 22:18:14
From the facts included in this report, it appears that the committee headed by Mr. Sagar, Congress MP, appears to be totally biased and primarily interested in renaming the airport as also to lobby for opening of the old airport for reasons best known to them. The problems faced by the general public and poor workmanship at the complex seem to have been mentioned in passing only. The committee is also using this opportunity for maligning the name of Mr. Murthy since it is common knowledge that he has rubbed some politicians the wrong way during his illustrious career on the question of development of Bangalore.
If the work is substandard then it is imperative that the companies responsible for the same be directed first and foremost to rectify and correct the problems followed by suitable action against them. Next, personnel who finally accepted any shoddy or substandard work should be brought to the book and charge sheeted. If required, role of the BIAL functionaries should also be investigated to see if they are responsible for any lapses or faulty ovearll design.
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Bangalore: A Karnataka house panel has recommended black-listing of infrastructure majors L&T, Siemens and Unique Zurich Airport for a minimum of five years for "poor quality of workmanship" at the Bangalore International Airport (BIAL).
A joint house committee of the Karnataka Assembly has also recommended "appropriate action" against those, including Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy, involved in the decision making process.
The report, tabled in the Assembly on Monday, cited 'poor quality' of workmanship, trading shares for profit without showing an "iota of concern" for general public, entrusting all airport works among private players in Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) for its recommendations.
It slammed "total apathy" towards users' needs and said the project partners, L&T, Siemens and Zurich, should not be considered for any work by both the government or its agencies for at least five years.
The committee said the decisions at each stage (right from project approval to construction) were not in accordance with the expectation of a world-class airport, and the present state of affairs is an outcome of such decisions.
Giving a list of officers involved in important decisions for initiating "appropriate action", it mentioned Infosys Chief Mentor Narayana Murthy, who was BIAL Chairman till 2005 and Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Chairman and CEO, BPL Innovations Business Group as also officials of the civil aviation ministry, Airport Authority of India and state agencies.
The Committee was set up to examine the lapses and suggest measures for improving the airport, which became operational in May last year, to international standards.
The report noted that in October this year, a promoter, the Unique (Flughafen Zurich AG) Zurich Airport, Switzerland, made a huge profit by off-loading 12 per cent (Rs 46.15 crore) of its 17 per cent (Rs 65.38 crore) stake at a over Rs 484.60 crore.
"The private promoter walked away with an over 1050 per cent return in just four years. This indicated that the private players have set their eyes on huge multiplication of their investment and have cut many corners for the sake of short-term profit," the report said.
The 21-member Committee, headed by D Hemachandra Sagar, was formed in September last year after several members alleged that the infrastructure created at the airport did not match international standards. Congress MLA D K Shivakumar alleged that BIA lacked very basic facilities.
The panel recommended that the airport be named immediately as "Kempegowda International Airport" after the name of the person who built Bengaluru.
Pointing out that the closure of HAL airport here (after the opening of BIA) negated the healthy competition and created private monopoly, it said the government should take necessary action to open the HAL airport.
It said the government of India should withdraw the order permitting BIAL to impose a user development fee (UDF) of Rs 260 on passengers as BIAL has failed to provide adequate facilities of international standard to the users.
Source: PTI
1-5 of 5
PreviousNext
K.Venugopal
#1
21 December 2009 23:48:23
This appears to be an unlikely charge. A perfectionist that NRN has proved himself to be through the creation of Infosys, the fault may lie elsewhere.
M.V.NAHUSHARAJ
#2
21 December 2009 23:43:19
The BIAL Report which is a Congress biased report,naturally is interested in nailing it's adversaries.Those whose palms were not greased are now up against those who refused grease them ! Since it not upto International standards,the airport is being named as Kempegowda Airport otherwise it would have been named after someone in the Sonia Gandhi family ! However,it must be known that there will be confusion over Kempegowda Bus Nildhana and Kempegowda Vimana Nildhana or Pathana,since more and more aircrafts are forcelanding now-a-days.
A Krishnan
#3
21 December 2009 23:35:52
I fully endorse the views of S B Chada. The panel's report smacks of personal vendetta against established and proven industrial leaders who were not full time employees and were advising the Government for the welfare of the city. If such people are targetted, no one will come forward in future to participate in programs to develop the city and the state.
The Joint House Committee has failed in nailing the real curlpits in BIAL and the contractors who did substandard works in connivance with those in BIAL. One only hopes that the real truth comes out instead of just blaming a few. As far naming the airport, the politicians can name it after any of the greats from Karnataka as long as it is justified. Why cant the airport be named after the Father of the Nation?
S B Chadha
#4
21 December 2009 22:18:14
From the facts included in this report, it appears that the committee headed by Mr. Sagar, Congress MP, appears to be totally biased and primarily interested in renaming the airport as also to lobby for opening of the old airport for reasons best known to them. The problems faced by the general public and poor workmanship at the complex seem to have been mentioned in passing only. The committee is also using this opportunity for maligning the name of Mr. Murthy since it is common knowledge that he has rubbed some politicians the wrong way during his illustrious career on the question of development of Bangalore.
If the work is substandard then it is imperative that the companies responsible for the same be directed first and foremost to rectify and correct the problems followed by suitable action against them. Next, personnel who finally accepted any shoddy or substandard work should be brought to the book and charge sheeted. If required, role of the BIAL functionaries should also be investigated to see if they are responsible for any lapses or faulty ovearll design.
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http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3491447&ucid=255663#uc2Lst255663
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