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The Karnataka High Court has pulled up the government for not providing connectivity to the new Bangalore airport, reports CNBC-TV18. The Court has ask the Centre to continue talks to keep the old Bangalore airport open for smaller aircrafts.It was the vacation bench that took up this hearing primarily because the new airport was slated to open today. They heard the case over two days. It was a marathon session and they took more than 10 hours to hear both sides of the disagreement. But at the end, they said they are not going to leave behind any interim order that would stay the opening of BIAL principally because of two issues: there wasn’t conclusive enough evidence about the labors of the state government in providing connectivity. This was the main contention of the petitioners that there was some connectivity, But there was trouble and the Court admitted that.One of the things that they have said is that the union government should seriously renegotiate the conditions of the contract. If according to the renegotiation they do want HAL to stay open, they must open HAL once again and that must be done right away after the discussions takes place.For all practical purpose, for anyone who is flying into or out of Bangalore, the old airport is shut. But Airports power of India is also working on a study to determine what the kind of transfer flow will be at the new airfield, But until then, for the 12 weeks that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has necessary, HAL will definitely stay close.