Mumbai: The Mumbai international airport has a new threat: a 275-room five-star (luxury) hotel being developed by the Taj-GVK combine.
During one of the meetings recently to discuss security-related issues about the airport, concerns were raised since the hotel will hardly be 50 metres from the nose of parked planes, and its windows will face the air side, once it gets completed.
The hotel, with an investment of around Rs 110.25 crore, is being constructed near terminal 1A of the airport.
According to aviation ministry officials, security meetings are held periodically and are attended by several agencies like the police, customs, immigration, CISF, MIAL, AAI, BCAS among others. Questions are now being raised as to how the aviation safety regulator and AAI gave the go- ahead to the plan, without applying their mind over the window issue.
BS Tiwary, Regional Deputy Commissioner of Security (CA), Mumbai, could not be contacted for comment.
Mumbai International Airport Ltd officials, however, defended the project saying that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), responsible for security inside the airport, will also guard the hotel.
06/02/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
During one of the meetings recently to discuss security-related issues about the airport, concerns were raised since the hotel will hardly be 50 metres from the nose of parked planes, and its windows will face the air side, once it gets completed.
The hotel, with an investment of around Rs 110.25 crore, is being constructed near terminal 1A of the airport.
According to aviation ministry officials, security meetings are held periodically and are attended by several agencies like the police, customs, immigration, CISF, MIAL, AAI, BCAS among others. Questions are now being raised as to how the aviation safety regulator and AAI gave the go- ahead to the plan, without applying their mind over the window issue.
BS Tiwary, Regional Deputy Commissioner of Security (CA), Mumbai, could not be contacted for comment.
Mumbai International Airport Ltd officials, however, defended the project saying that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), responsible for security inside the airport, will also guard the hotel.
06/02/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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