March 2013 - Airports India Magazine

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From Chairman’s Desk
Dear Readers, achieve a collaborative and coordinated
With the onset of 2009, I had assumed the global approach to ensure harmonization
charge of Chairmanship of the Airports and adoption of technological solutions
Authority of India (AAI) & ever since I With this task completed, now I can
have been busy completing the task on afford to concentrate on and address the
hand, ensuring successful completion of next phase – development of airports in
developmental works at sixty select airports. Tier-3 cities/townships. This will not only
It is indeed with a great sense of pride & take development to next level, but also
satisfaction that I place on record that work give shape to my dream of “creating airport
at all airports where development was infrastructure in the remotest corners
initiated has since been completed. Kolkata of our country, so as to not only provide
& Chennai airports are behind us, as they desired connectivity to these places, but
have been inaugurated & declared open also, to ensure that our fellow countrymen
by dedicating them to the nation by Shri. in these far-flung places reap the benefit of
Pranab Mukerjee, & Shri Hamid Ansari, development, thus becoming part of the
Hon’ble President & Vice President of India, growth of our country.”
respectively, in January this year. Both the However, next on the anvil is Chandigarh
airports without exception have found favour airport, which will be coming up on a new
at the highest level by paying rich tributes site and for that work is going on. Hopefully,
to the planners & executors in the field. The we will be able to complete it by mid-2014.
par excellence professionalism & expertise This will be an international airport. My
depicted by all, undoubtedly not only makes first priority being to ensure that when we
us stand in good stead but also, stand up with deliver these infrastructure facilities, we are
pride & head held high. in a position to put them into use fully. More
In addition to the ground-based airport importantly, these should be user-friendly,
infrastructure, I ensured that we are not so that we can commercialize them right
found wanting in modernising our CNS from its inception, which would undoubtedly
– ATM facilities. We have taken many a open up newer avenues for gainful utility. So I intend to move to gradually. As for Air
stride in that direction too, and have drawn enhancing the scope and introducing more Traffic Flow Management (ATFM), I am
up the Master Plan for implementation of flights is bound to get manifested in higher also integrating the neighbouring Flight
FANS (Future Air Navigation System). This returns on investment. Information Regions (FIRs) into that.
includes shift from Voice Communication In addition to the above, I am also, So, my idea is initially to target the
to Digital Data Communication, from visualizing the possibility of developing neighbouring countries and to subsequently
Ground Based Navigation to Satellite Based certain Greenfield airports through the inch towards developing their infrastructure,
Navigation (i.e. GAGAN-Indian SBAS), PPP route. This has been discussed with as we are looked upon favourably, and rated
Modern Radar coverage with ADS-B, the Planning Commission and work has highly by these countries. Financially, we
Multilateration, etc. The implementation commenced in this direction. We are also find ourselves placed well, nevertheless, we
of the CNS-ATM Master Plan will put contemplating cityside development at the would prefer if the outstanding dues till
India amongst the elite group of countries existing airports. date from Air India and Kingfisher be paid
having an efficient ATM System supported The US Federal Aviation Administration up and settled. That would indeed put us
by a strong and robust CNS infrastructure, has rated us on the air traffic parameter in a very comfortable zone, as we would
consisting of Digital Data Unit, Integrated & I am confident of exceeding that rating become a loan-free company, enabling us to
ATM automation network, SWIM (System in 2013, especially as in my perception, borrow much more. I also have plans for the
Wide Information Management), Separation air traffic with GPS-aided geo-augmented corporatization of AAI, and we are gradually
Management System. The aim being to navigation (GAGAN) must have a bigger moving ahead in that direction. Happy
provide a safe, efficient, cost-effective footprint. Though GAGAN already has reading and bon voyage!
and environment-friendly ATM services, a large footprint, as it can be shared by V.P. Agrawal
applying Gate to Gate approach and to neighbouring countries and that is what Chairman, Airports Authority of India
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hypnotic drumbeats
Braj ki holi
Night of the SpriNg MooN
offering colours in the temple Sidharth Mishra investigates the origins of Holi
Holi, the spring festival of colours scented powder and perfume at each other.
played across North India, has Rangapanchami occurs a few days later
different hues changing from on Panchami (fifth day of the full moon),
region to region. While in marking the end of festivities involving
rugged North-West Punjab it’s marked with colours.
sports activity during Hola Mohalla in the Though agrarian traditions are closely
rural areas, towards the east and south-west, linked to folk festivals, they also have
it’s more about song and dance. mythological moorings. Holi has the legend
The festival of colour falls on the morning of demon king Hirankasyap being killed
foreigners
after the full moon day (Poornima) in the by Narsimha avatar (incarnation) of Lord
enjoy holi
month of Phalguna of the Indian (lunar) Vishnu, which led to celebrations with the
calendar. It marks the beginning of the festival of colours. The bonfires are lit in
harvest of Rabi (winter) crops in the North. memory of the miraculous escape that young
A bonfire is lit in the town and village Prahlad accomplished when Demoness
squares where offering of a standing crop Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him
is made before the harvest begins. The fire into the fire. Holika was burnt (dahan) but
itself is lit near midnight, as the moon rises. Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu,
The harvest season concludes with Baisakhi, escaped without injury due to his devotion.
which falls a fortnight or month after Holi. However, Holi’s cultural traditions are
kaleidoscope In some cultures, the ritual of burning linked to another avatar of Vishnu – Krishna,
of colours wood and leaves on the full moon night which has sustained the festival from Gujarat
existed to signify the end of winter and in the west to Manipur in the East and from
advent of spring. It later became associated Himalayan Uttarakhand in the North along
with the lighting of fires, burning statues of the path of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna.
during Holika Dahan on the eve of Holi, after BrAj kI hoLI
which prayers and praise are offered. Brajbhoomi in western Uttar Pradesh is the
The main day, Holi, also known as area where Lord Krishna is believed to have
Dhuli in Sanskrit, or Dhulheti, Dhulandi or been born and spent time till his youth.
Dhulendi, was celebrated by people throwing Brajbhoomi covers areas around Mathura,
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Musicians bathed in colour
which is on the Delhi-Agra National Marching to the beat
of their own drum
Highway 1, and settlements of Vrindavan,
Gokul, Phalen, Nandgaon and Barsana, all
associated with Lord Krishna’s childhood
and youth. The Holi theme here is closely
related to the Radha-Krishna cult. Radha
was Krishna’s companion from childhood.
Holi of Brajbhoomi has come to be
identified largely with the rituals at Phalen,
Nandagaon and Barsana. A huge bonfire is lit
on the full moon night to commemorate the
victory of good over evil and the Prahlad-
Holika episode is re-enacted at Phalen. Here
the local priests also undertake firewalks.
This is followed by the latthmaar holi at
Barsana and Nandgaon, which is closely
linked to the Radha-Krishna romance. The
gopis (milkmen) of Nandgaon raid Barsana
and try to unfurl a flag at the temple of
Radhika. The women chase the men away
with sticks. Males sing provocative songs in a Young men play holi in Mathura
bid to invite the attention of women. Women
then go on the offensive and use long lathis
to beat the men who protect themselves with
shields. The men, who are well-padded to
take the blows, counter-attack with colour
and coloured water. The men who get
trapped are made to dress like women and
dance. It’s said even Krishna had to dance
once, having been trapped by the Gopis. This
is followed by the counter raid by the men
of Barsana at the temple in Nandgaon and
women of Nandgaon beat them with sticks
to keep them off. This revelry is marked by
singing of folk songs in semi-classical mould
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Worshippers drenched in gulal Priests pour coloured
water on devotees
Crowds
watch
Lathmar
holi
exhausted after the festivities
called Hori, whose amorous lyrics are full of
Radha-Krishna traditions.
In Mathura, the birthplace of Lord
Krishna, and in Vrindavan, this day is
celebrated with special puja at the main
temples, and huge amounts of colour are
poured on the dancing devotees, who
seem to be in a trance, by the temple
priests. Dancing spills out into the streets
and alleyways and lasts till the evening.
Consuming Bhang-laced lassi or sweets is
part of the traditional custom of worshipping
Lord Krishna, and here the festival lasts for
sixteen days, with the ritual of Hurdang, or
men pouring buckets of coloured water on
Women beat men
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