NewsX@9: Airport, highway operators rob consumers through undue fees

NewsX@9 is a NewsX special show which debates the main news event of the day. Tonight we show you how consumers are being hijacked at India's airports and robbed on our nation's highways. Not by men with guns but by companies who seem to have been given a license to loot. Companies like GMR and GVK who are making consumers pay for the modernisation of airports even as they pocket all the profits. And highway operators who are indulging in a new kind of highway robbery by charging consumers huge tolls even after their costs are recouped and hefty profits made. There's an element of your flight ticket cost - the Airport Development Fee - that's become the subject of controversy between the government and private airport developers working under the Public Private Partnership model. It's like a toll tax you're likely to have to pay on... despite a government and CAG directive against it. We debate this on the show and try to evolve consensus among our panelists over the issue. Watch this NewsX debate special show NewsX@9.For more log on to http://www.newsx.com