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From controversy to delay, an airport's endless quest for take-off

The CBI investigation of money laundering by GVK Airport Holdings adds another chapter to the long saga of controversy and delay that have bedevilled airport privatisation since inception

In November 2015, then Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s motley crew of officers who were manning what they’d dramatically termed the “war room” had told this writer that the first flight from NMIA would take off by the winter of 2019
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In November 2015, then Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s motley crew of officers who were manning what they’d dramatically termed the “war room” had told this writer that the first flight from NMIA would take off by the winter of 2019

Anjuli Bhargava
On June 27, a first information report was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging money laundering by the promoters of GVK Airport Holdings, the group that holds the majority stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the entity that runs and operates Mumbai airport.

Strangely, a few days after filing the charges, the CBI teams arrived in Hyderabad and Mumbai to raid GVK’s offices and found incriminating evidence, a reversal of the normal course of events. What was found remains to be seen but this is the latest controversy that is threatening to derail the country’s most

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