It is "A tale of 2 airports", spanning many years, a tale of passion, money and politics. It's the story of the new (not yet opened) International airport vs the current crappy one. The latest in the long saga: it has been announced yesterday: if there are 80 seats or less on your plane you'll probably stay at HAL (the old military airport). If there are more than 80, you'll probably go to the new out of town BIAL airport. But no final decision has been made (between the new airport CEO and the civil aviation ministry)! Another meeting is scheduled May 12th! For the hubby, who has to fly to Mumbai (Bombay) to register the birth and get passport and visa for the baby, it would be great if he could use the old airport (so much closer).
The new airport is now due to open end of May (was March 31st, then 11th May). "The new airport’s opening will get delayed beyond the second week of May because of the state elections, Prabhu said. It will open on May 25, the day the Assembly poll results are announced. The delay is costing the airport Rs 1 crore a day."
(This used to be about 200,000 euros a day, but current exchange rate is about 158,000 euros a day.) http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080430/jsp/nation/story_9208411.jsp
An Indian crore is equal to 10 million, 10,000,000 or 100 lakh (another Indian monetary term, meaning 100,000). The word is used in the Indian title of the popular Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati - literally "Who will be a ten-millionaire?". (Photos by NouQraz and Soon respectively)
Other sources: http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/30/stories/2008043050540100.htm
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/B-lore-s-HAL-airport-may-be-used-for-small-aircraft/303307/
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