Started hearing protests, here and there, against introducing the user development fee (UDF) at Trivandrum International Airport. (#1, #2, #3, #4) Hope these protests do not die off without seeing any light... Pity the government which didnt even bother to raise any concern while the UDF was mooted about! My strong support for the protesters!
Was just wondering who all were mainly affected by this.
Party 1 >> Of course, the people...
Party 2 >> The airport which is going to see lesser traffic in the coming days, unless the issues is sorted out by reducing significantly or cancelling the UDF.
Of course, we have a lot more stake holders such as the tourism industry & those who are employed in this industry, even the airport taxi drivers and so on... It just occurred to me there is one more stake holder, whose name was not mentioned anywhere...
The IT companies in and around Trivandrum, mainly the ones in Technopark! These companies see significant number of foreign trips being made by their employees every year...
Now, dont tell me that these companies cross charge the flight expense to their customers. It might be so for most of the trips; but still, the extra money that the customer would have to incur, could have been used by the IT provider for something else! Besides, we still have lots of business trips, where the company itself has to incur the entire travel cost! So, in either case, introduction of UDF is going to hurt the business of the tech group of companies!
So, cant we gather the support of the tech group of companies for rolling back the UDF? Can we have these companies as well register their protests with the concerned authorities?
Friday, May 14, 2010
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