[New Delhi]Civil Aviation Ministry Shows Affirmation To a CBI Probe into the GVK-run Mumbai Airport Land Issue
Indian Civil Aviation Ministry may look into the demand of AAI employees union for a CBI probe into the GVK-run Mumbai Airport land issue, on which public accounts watchdog CAG had last year rapped the government for its decision to grant an extension to the project.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma when asked by Union said “We will get it (CBI probe issue) examined,”
He also said that he had a meeting with his ministry officials as well GMR group executives over the registration of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) by the CBI against Delhi International Airports Ltd (DIAL), GMR and unknown officials of Civil Aviation Ministry and AAI for alleged irregularities in the Delhi Airport land deal.
“(About) Delhi Airport there was a question that we have given them land of so many thousand crore of rupees…Recently I had called GMR people for their version (on the issue) and I also called my people for their version,” Sharma said.
Alleging that the Mumbai Airport land “scam was bigger than the Delhi Airport land “scandal”, the Airports Authority Employees union had recently requested the central investigating agency to probe the issue.
“Delhi Airport land is a big scam and the Mumbai Airport land (scam) is even bigger… Regarding Mumbai airport, the CAG report is in public domain… Please investigate Mumbai airport case also,” AAEU had said in its request to CBI, the copies of which were also marked to the CVC, minister of Civil Aviation and AAI Chairman.