PATNA, July 15 -- A recent query by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) regarding broken tiles, sanitary fittings and slipshod work at the new integrated terminal building of Patna's Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport, has prompted the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to issue show-cause notices to two senior officers at the Patna airport, while letting off the Hyderabad-based agency responsible for executing the work, said officials on Monday. The PMO's query on July 1 was in response to a social media post on microblogging site X, which read, "Welcome to Patna airport! Broken tiles everywhere, broken toilets and a poor experience - all thanks to the rushed reopening of the new terminal for Modi's photo-op. With no development to show, nothing to inaugurate, airport was rushed, metro is being rushed and now Rajgir stadium will be rushed. More embarrassments ahead than pride." Interestingly, the two officers in the firing line, after the PMO query, are relatively new, giving credence to the belief that they have been made scapegoats. While one was posted at Patna in April, and has no direct correlation with the project, the other was sent on promotion as general manager in February this year. The integrated terminal building project, at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore, began in 2018, with an initial completion deadline of four years. However, half-way through the project, a vigilance probe was ordered and at least five engineers of the project team were transferred out of Patna. The retiral benefits of a former general manager, who was heading the project earlier, was also withheld. PM Narendra Modi had inaugurated the new integrated terminal building of the JPNI airport in Patna on May 29 and the building was operationalised five days later on June 3. Despite over a month since the inauguration of the new terminal, much work is still pending. Ducting of AC, leading to uneven cooling in upper arrival hall, check-in area, departure hall, security hold area, the lobby between passenger boarding bridge gate 9 and escalator, unserviceability of conveyor belt number one in the arrival hall due to water seepage from ceiling, door sensors not working properly at multiple locations, ducting work in basement ventilation, replacement of multiple damaged tiles are among the pending work, to mention a few....