Chandigarh airport not Punjab property: Haryana

CHANDIGARH: Raising fresh issues between neighbouring states, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar sent an angry letter to his Punjab counterpart for trying to project the newly constructed international Mohali airport as its achievement. Khattar said it was a joint venture and both states invested equally. In his letter issued to CM Parkash Singh Badal, Khattar said, "I am deeply anguished by the advertisements that appeared in various newspapers terming the Chandigarh international airport as Mohali airport. The fact is that the final nomenclature of this airport has not yet been decided by the government of India. Airport is managed by Chandigarh International Airport Limited where AAI have 51 per cent equity partnership and state governments of Haryana and Punjab hold an equity @ 24.5 each."