Source: The Sangai Express
New Delhi, October 22 2008:
Dr Thokchom Meinya, Member of Parliament from Manipur today in the Lok Sabha urged the Union Minister of Civil Aviation for early implementation of the night landing facilities at Imphal Airport, which the Centre had announced for the facility long back.
Participating at the discussion on the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2007, Dr Meinya stated that the airports situated in the far flung border States required night landing facilities so that the round the clock flight services be extended to these airports.
The Members of Parliament after visiting their parliamentary constituencies in the far flung States could not reach the Capital immediately due to lack of flight services at the airports in the late hour, he added.
The Lok Sabha passed by voice vote the Bill to provide setting up of the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority that would regulate tariff and other charges at airports besides monitoring their performance standards.
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2007 will ensure creating a regulator which would maintain a competitive and level-playing field regarding the services provided and fees charged by Government-owned, private-owned and public-private partnership airports.