"Tenders for capital work are not being issued to the contract agencies responsible for delay in projects," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told the Lok Sabha. Patel said the terminal building projects at Jaipur, Udaipur, Srinagar, Vizag and Agatti have been delayed.
The government is also ensuring strict enforcement of contract clause towards liquidated damages, compensation, recession, termination of contracts, he said.
Patel said clause for bonus, incentives for early completion of contracts is being incorporated in future tenders.
The Airports Authority of India has undertaken a project for modernisation of 35 non-metro airports with state-of-art facilities, including communication and navigational facilities, he said.
In reply to a separate query, Patel said the government has received requests from Jetlite and Deccan Aviation for their proposed operations to and from European and Middle East destinations.
As per the present policy, private scheduled carriers having a fleet of 20 aircraft and five years experience of operations in the domestic sector are permitted to operate on international routes, he said. Patel said Deccan Aviation will become eligible for international operations from August 26.
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