The government is under pressure from stakeholders involved in airport decision-making and those working for development of the capital for seeking legal remedy to keep the Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) from managing, operating and operating the Thiruvananthapuram international airport for the next 50 years.
The move of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), which unsuccessfully participated in the competitive bidding process of the Airports Authority of India for the premier airport, in approaching the High Court before the Letter of Award was to be given to AEL, has come in for flak.
Votaries campaigning for the development of the capital and the airport say even the fact that the Adani Group is behind the development of the international deepwater seaport coming at Vizhinjam in the PPP mode has been ignored.
