The existing Mumbai airport has been saturated with air traffic and the city really needs a second airport. The site for the second airport was marked at Navi Mumbai in the 90s.Today, we are in 2010, yet there is no sign of any work starting on the proposed site. Reason? The environmental clearance by Central MoeF, headed by Jairam Ramesh is not in yet. It is amusing to see the news items related to this second airport at New Mumbai. The government of Maharashtra is controlled by a Congress CM, the country is ruled by a Congress PM, the Minister for Environment and Forests is again a Congressman; then what's the issue? The key lies in looking into the reality of New Mumbai as an area. New Mumbai today is controlled by the politically influential Ganesh Naik, who is also a Maharashtra Cabinet Minister. Now Mr. Naik is not from the Congress; he is from the NCP which is Sharad Pawar's party. In Navi Mumbai, Ganesh Naik and his family control all the assembly seats, the Parliament...