INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Adani Group will take over airports of Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in three monthsThe Centre today informed Parliament that the
Adani Group has been given a three-months extension for taking over airports of Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram, after the
concessionaire had initially sought a six-months extension citing force majeure factors due to the Coronavirus pandemic.Minister for Civil
Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia while replying to a question on taking over of airports by private entities, asked by Trinamool Congress MP
handed over to the Adani Group within the extension period, Mr Scindia told Lok Sabha.As per the original understanding between Airports
Authority of India (AAI) and the Adani Group, the private concessionaire was supposed to take over the airports of Jaipur, Guwahati and
Thiruvananthapuram by July 2021, however in June this year the Adani Group had sought six months extension from AAI citing force majeure
factors owing to the pandemic."AAI had granted three months extension (to Adani group) in this regard," Mr Scindia said in a written reply
to the question put forth by the TMC MP.Mr Scindia said that AAI did not face any losses due to the concessionaire's delay in taking
received by AAI till the handing over of these airports to the concessionaire (Adani group)," the Civil Aviation minister said in his
