Aviation minister’s refusal to upgrade Madurai airport as international disappointing: Rethinavelu
The Hindu
“There was absolutely no logic that Tamil Nadu cannot claim the fourth international airport while some of the northern States are having only one”
The blatant refusal of the Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to upgrade the status of Madurai airport as an international airport was a rude shock and thoroughly disappointing to the people of southern Tamil Nadu, said T.N. Agrofood Chamber of Commerce & Industry president S. Rethinavelu here on December 23.
Speaking to The Hindu, he said, there was absolutely no logic in the reason given by him for the refusal that Tamil Nadu cannot claim the fourth international airport while some of the northern States are having only one.
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