Chennai Metro | AAI and CMRL clash over food counters and forex at airport metro
Chennai: The much talked about Chennai Airport Metro station now finds itself in a new controversy. The two authorities - Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) are at loggerheads over stalls to be put up at metro station. As per AAI they should get the chance to put up stalls as the station is at their campus. CMRL on the other hands argues that since they will manage the Chennai Metro station, they should be allowed to set up stalls. This clash is for the food counters and foex counters. As per the norms CMRL manages the stations. They had also invited tender from interested parties for setting up stalls, ATMs and forex counters. The controversy started when AAI learnt about the forex counters set up at metro. For this reason talks were then initiated by AAI and CMRL over the rights to set up stalls. AAI had already moved its canteen to the ground floor of the airport metro station as part of the arrangement. Discussions have to take place to work ...