AHMEDABAD: Following high drama on Thursday, when the office of Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport campus was sealed by the Ahmedabad Cantonment Board, AAI has agreed to pay 40% of the property tax dues that have been pending for over two years. The Ahmedabad Cantonment Board sealed the AAI office on Thursday. However, it was re-opened around 10.30pm after officials agreed to make partial payment of the pending dues of Rs 1.73 crore within a week.
Well-placed sources confirmed that AAI has given written assurance to the Ahmedabad Cantonment Board that 40% of the dues, roughly Rs 69 lakh will be cleared in a week. The two organizations reportedly agreed that the remainder would be cleared by the AAI over the next three months.
