V.N. Chandran,
transferred in October 2010 as Airport Director, Thiruvananthapuram, following
a controversy over the commissioning of the Rs.300-crore international terminal
complex at the airport, has been reinstated.
Mr. Chandran, now
Airport Director, Bhubaneswar, had been asked to hand over charge to General
Manager, Projects, Pathak and join duty here.
Sources in the
Airports Authority of India (AAI) toldThe Hinduthat the order, issued by
AAI General Manager (Human Resource) Balbir Singh in New Delhi on Monday, said
‘the transfer is in the public interest.’
The AAI had
transferred G. Chandramouli, the Airport Director, as General Manager
(Commercial) at the corporate headquarters on lateral movement. Mr.
Chandramouli had taken over as Airport Director on October 21, 2010 when Mr.
Chandran was shifted from here.
Mr. Chandran was
shifted after he had served 10 months as Director of the airport classified as
sensitive. The post of Airport Director in Thiruvananthapuram is equivalent to
General Manager, AAI.
He had earlier served
as Deputy General Manager (Air-Traffic Control) before being promoted as
Airport Director. He was transferred from Mangalore to the city in 2010.
Mr. Chandran’s strict
adherence to guidelines had reportedly earned him the wrath of some
user-agencies at the airport. AAI sources said Mr. Chandran’s proposal to
develop the international airport as a multi-modal hub in the transport system
would get an impetus. The proposal was mooted in view of the terminal’s
proximity to the Parvathi Puthanar. Mr. Chandran had written to the State highlighting
the need to explore the possibility of promoting intermodal travel in the
contemporary airport management scenario. A collaborative process between the
airport management and the State was also mooted by him.
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