AAI concerns

Why is the government so desperate to privatise the Delhi and Mumbai airports? Why could it not raise money from the domestic market to modernise these airports?

Why is the government so desperate to privatise the Delhi and Mumbai airports? Why could it not raise money from the domestic market to modernise these airports? Is it a prestige issue or is there some other reason? Tomorrow, the government may go ahead to privatise all the airports in the country. Is this one more step towards the economic slavery of India by MNCs?

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Hansraj Bhat, Mumbai

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The package of privatisation and modernisation of airports is a mixed blessing. Enhancing facilities may strengthen the infrastructure and ensure smooth functioning of the air traffic. But this plan might prove a curse for the airport employees who will be rendered jobless. The real benefit of the project can be enjoyed only if revamping is followed with assurance of employment for the displaced employees.

Anuja Seith, Delhi

Kashmir in the Centre?

Many new faces were inducted in the Union cabinet, but there is no representation of Kashmiri Pandits who could voice their concerns (UPA shifts gears, January 30). Their displacement from the Valley was not out of choice but a consequence of mischievous political manoeuvring and misgovernance. This disparity should be removed. Occasional visits to their camps are no answer to their woes.

Supreme judgment

Though Buta Singh tried to nip a wrong in the bud, he himself fell prey to the unwholesome politics (Dissolving Raj Bhavans, January 31) by T.R. Andhyarujina. The dissenting judgment of the judges who have justified the preventive action of the governor to the ground realities of the present state of affairs cannot be ignored. This judgment may encourage horse-trading among the elected members.

S.P. Chugh, Gurgaon

This isn’t a spectacle

Apropos of the editorial Spectator death (February 1), it is a crime to remain a mute spectator to an act of suicide. This includes the media which should not be busy disseminating such incidents to millions of living rooms across the country. Instead of rolling their cameras, their duty was to stop such deaths.

Vinay Kumar Gupta, via e-mail