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14, Issue 12, December 2015 Rs

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India joins in as world readies for climate change

Juhi Chasla, NaNazuddin Siddiqui

Indira Gandhi Award 2015

Speaci

Rain & ruin

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A.ALffi &fu-*&erseasAirportDevelopmentPojec
Airports Aulhority of India the
largest Airyort Oprator of lhe counnf

signcd a MoU with

IL & FS Global

Financial Services (ME) Ltd

subsidrary

of Inftastructure lrasing & Finecial

Selaices Lld (ILFS) in 6e plcsence of
Sh. R.Lsrivastava, lAS, Cbairma& AAI
& Sh. Murugan-Santffarr CEO. [-&FS
clnh.l Financial Servics (ME) Lld..
Boaral Mcmbels & othet sedor officials
of AAIbv Sh. Raie$ Bhandari Exe.uove

Dire.roit Frnanier. AAt &Rarnesh C

Bawa. Giobal Head, lL& FS Global
Findial Servi@s (ME) Ltd.
Speaking oo the occasion
(}rirmanAAj envisaged ut his vision
is m make AAI from local to Global

coDsidering

AAI's expertise

&radon

Manasement. AAI olcr

and
capabrlides in Airpon developmenr &
and

oenod of time ha drveloped more dun

itO aimons. in metro and non_meEo cifts
in Indra AAI now inteods to levemse to

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ro olner inrcmaEonal markets al a bigger s.ale. By

\ipuog MoU wilh

IL,& FS

AAI would be Eeltlnq m oDDorlunitv in idenlificaLon ot airpod de\elopmenl

oooortunitie'. u-arisaction strucdr & Enaffing faflriEe' in Ntddle EasL
ai wex as in CIS murrie\. CEo, IL & FS Global Fmancial Sen rcc\ (ML
anal cndond AAI Chaiman's views and assurd that consideing IL

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&FS nef,"ork
globaly dtey arE wilingto mutualty cooperarewirhAAl tot t(e upgrryndeveloprnent
ipp"ni"iti' in tvmnl r"gion and CIS countries, lcvemsins on IL &FS 's network'

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I\,[:, YatendraKumar lAS'takmoveras

ChiefVieilane0fficerA,{I

Mr. Yaten&a Kumar, a I 996 Tripura Cadre IAS Officer, took

overas Chief Vigilance Officer,AirportsAuhority of lndia He worked

i. different cdD;ci es in boG Stale and Central Govemmetrls This

includes oostins

a! Districl Mdqislrule Sou!h Dr\lricl. Drstricl

Masi.uari Ohatai Or"lricr, t-aculrv in Lal Bahadur Sht'ri National

Ac;emv otAdmmritration (LBSNAA). Mu'soone and Dire(Ii)r in

DoI'L B;fot joining AA1, worked as secretary to the Government of
TriDur,r and held Dositions in Deparlnent' like Planning'
Admidslrative Relorms, Home(PoLcel. etc. Aho held lhe posr of
Director. State Institute of Public Adminislration and Rural
Developme and Direcror Vigilance. Area of interest ircludes Constitutional Law and Public reforms

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Yztalahe KuneL IAS,

0bservance of Vigilance Awannes Wmk'2,015 in A. A. I.

Airports Authority of India a

category-A, Mi Ratna, PSU of Go}t. of
India, is observitrg Vigilance Awareness
wek, fiom 26th Odobea 2015 at Coporare

Headquaners and all its units and lield

slations- The observane of the week
commenced by lighting the ceremonial
lamp and administration of Pledge to all

employees at 1100 Hrs ai Corporate

Headquarters

by Shri S.

Meinbe(Plainins),

Raheja,

AAl

Mernbr (Plaming) addressed ile

officials after lh pldge and higtrlighted lhe
importance of Vieilance A\rareness Week.
AIter pledge administation, quiz on AAI
(ECDA) RegulatioN, Z[3 aboutAAl, CVC
and basic visilmce principles wa! organized
for AAI officials and prizes distributed on
dle spot !o all wimers. Vigilance Department
has aho plaDned various activities during
the VAW These activities include lecture

by eminent speakers on the theme of

Preventive vigilance as a tool of Good
An orts Atrhodtv ol lniit atrLial\ taki,g Plad$ on th' occa\bt oJ lAutch
ot vtpila;c Awu.ncs w,.t lro,n 26th Octob.r to J I n O'bb'r 20 I 5 in aAl'

AAlAirports rank above the world

aYerage score.

airport operators
Airyorts Council Intemationat (ACI), the only world-wide professionat as^sociation of
5 has lated I I AAI AirPorts
io .lih ei,p.n S"*ice Quality Survey for Quarter - III (July - Septembe-r) 201
10 airports have achieved the score
ut +SO *ii"t L uUre tft" wlorld average of4.12. Out of 11 AAI airports,
iinho,h- rh" tuo"t r.t in MOU forexcellentGting, i.e.,4.20forfIrc yezr2015-16. Trivan&umA potthas
rugfri" .core of 4.89 and is mnked at 15, fotlowed by Ahmedabad' Kolkata and Lucknow
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Airpo* *hi"h f,ur" ."ored 4.76 and are ranke dar26,2'7 &28rcsrytivety; dudng the Quafier'

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Indian Aviation Academy conducts

ttl-and Management"

Thaining Pmgramme at Indian Aviation Academy, New Delhi.

The four days training programme on "Land Management" inaugurated by sh- s Suresh, Member (Financc) The
course was auended by Seni;;E;udves ofAirpons Authodty oflndia from all over India. This Programme has enhanccd
and eviction ofAAI
the knowtedge and wil benefit ihe organization in consolidating land records / data and protecrion
Land. Me;ber (Finance) in his inaugural address emphasized that tand is a very importani rcsoufce and shoutd be
managcd well for thc present as wcll as tuture nccds of the orginization.

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Lnd Monagm'tu
ihn S. Surcsh, Menber (FiMa..), Airports Authot r o! lndio lightins the ladP vhik imuSurati4s theal\o
se'a in the tue
a uai"t bialio; acAenr, NtAM;n, s""i,ry to p"'' Gutsud Roo4 New D'thi

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neport 6n ChennaiAirport Closure due incessant Rains & Flood

Docmbet'

Anajor spel ofMonsoon Rains hi( Chennai on lhe moming of lst

2015 and iiconiinues to rain incessantly. Air?on Opemtions continued yesterday
up to 8 PMwith sporadic missd Appmaches due hea\T Iain and the associated
poor
At 8 PM yesre.day, when rhe level of watcr on the taiways rosc lo about
two feer. rhe airfield was closed in;tialy for a pnod of dre hours, which
sub\cquenrly exrended up ro 6 AV of 02 Dec 2015. Siruarion at 060015T

visibility.

was

Chennai Aerodrome has been

closed up to 12 noon of the 6th

Decembr 2015. The situation is beiDg

closely monitored and any further

acdon will be raken subject to revicw
for resumplion of services as soon as

wa\ po.sible
ln
90 passengers have been sent to
to
$eir
wcrc
diverted
flighls
FcetofwaterAllincoming
approximately 7
'ltemare Bangalore by buses and 200
airfields, except one intemational flight which was cleared due medjcal pnontv passengcrs have bcen transfened to
severely deteriorated leading to submerging of enlire operalional area

DuriDg the closure, 12 domestic and l2 intemational anilals were divencd ll1e ciry Airports Authority oflndia has
esrabi shea emergency Contacl
on lst Dec;ber 2015. 34 number of aircraft are stranded ar the airpon
Numbers of Terminal Manager at
intemational and domestic flights to and ftom Chdmai werc
Thc navigational aids within the aidield have ben switched off, due
Chennai for assistanc. The contact
healy watcr lo;ging. However, the Secondary Suryeillance Radar is available nos.are+gl 4422563100&+91

canceled

and the Air Traffic Sewices 10 Overflvins traffic are

not

affected.

All
to

$562?,1fr.

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Airports AuthoritY of india

New Integrated Terminal Building at

Tirupati Airport dedicated to the nation

by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

'lirupali

Airpon Andhra Pradesh

The New Inleeraled Teminat Eutlding ar
)015
b) Shri Narendra Modi'
Oclober
on
2?nd
ha. been dedicared io the Narion
Pdme Minister of lndia in the august presnce of Shri ESL Narasirnhan. Hon'ble
Govemor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Hon'ble Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shd P Ashok Gajapathi Raju' Union Minister of
Civil Aviation, Sbri M. Ventaiah Naidu. Hon'ble Union Midstr of Parliamenlary
AffaiN, Urban Developmenl, Housing & Urban Povrtv Aueviation, Smt Nimala

Siftararnan, Hon'ble Union Minister of Sute (vC) for Commerce & Industrv
and other digdtaries. The Prime Minister took a walk through of the new facility
and unveile-d plaque in the Anival area of the building. while unveiling the
olaque of the niq iacrliry. the Hon ble Prime Midsleremphasired the imporlaoce
bt iirtrasr-.rure iac'tir,.* tor derelopmenr of the e(onomy aL ltr8e
The New lntegrated Terminal Building is capable of handling 700
passengers (500 domeslic and 200 intemational) during the peak houl The
iermlnit tultaing has been constructed at a total area of 16500 sqm. The
terminal buildint is equippd wilh state-of-ih-art facilities such as check-in

counters, VIP Lounge, Car Parking,

etc. On the air side of the airPort.
Apron and taxi track have been

constructed. Apron is caPable of

parking 0l nos. aircraft. The New
Terrninal Building with asqociared
infrastructure has been consirucied at
a roral cost of Rs. l9l crores. The
new facility to a great extent will cater

to the passenger facilities be it

comfort, convenience, aesthetics,

eco-friendliness and so oD- The
facility will immensely contribute
towards tourism in the State in
particular and give impetus lo
economic dvelopment of the region.

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urban Dewlopne'n' Houinc
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