Letter to BS: Govt's decision on privatising 6 airports comes after 12 yrs

Why doesn't the government plan another brave jump and follow the same model for another eight or 10 airports that are in or near cities with major tourist attractions and badly need urgent revamping?

Apropos “6 airports get Centre’s nod for privatisation” by Arindam Majumder (November 9), the development — however late — is heartening. In the face of successful examples of privatised Delhi and Mumbai airports, it is really beyond comprehension that the government needed 12 long years to take this step for six other airports. Why did we have to wait for so long? Anyway, to use the cliched term “better late than never”. Now, we can only hope that the group of secretaries, led by the dynamic Amitabh Kant, will not take too long to decide the contours of the process.

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