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Most of the cargo handling staff attached to ground handling service provider Bhadra International remained impervious to the storm raised by Union MInister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh.
When contacted, most of them shrugged it off as mere bureaucracy and were surprised to hear the news. “It is surprising to hear that the Minister is finding problems with our company’s contract now. Anyway, we are merely cargo handlers with a uniform, so our work will always go on,” shrugged a senior cargo loader working for the company.
Even as reports began to circulate about how Singh had called for the CBI to initiate a probe against Bhadra’s top brass, besides suspending six Airports Authority of India (AAI) top guns, it was just another regular day for the loaders of Bhadra. “For the past two years, we have been hearing about how our company might lose the contract because of union issues or a court ruling. We are used to it by now,” said another supervisor, who has been with the company ever since it started operations at the Chennai airport.
Bhadra, which was awarded the contract as the preferred ground handling service provider, at major airports like Chennai and others, faced stiff opposition from trade unionists and airline employees who feared termination.
Since the matter has been in the apex court, Bhadra continues to provide services for a handful of international air carriers like Emirates, while other airlines still employ their own staff.
Meanwhile, rumours that a CBI team might land up at the Chennai airport to conduct a probe, were doing the rounds among AAI staff through Tuesday.
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