Monday, September 26, 2016

New airports to come up in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Civil aviation infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is all set to see a massive expansion with the approval accorded for four greenfield airports in the two neighbouring states. Andhra Pradesh gets three, including two to be developed on a public-private-partnership (PPP) basis, the Central government gave "site clearance" for the new airport to come up in Telangana.
The airports will be set up in Bhogapuram, Dagadarthi (Nellore) and Orvakallu (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh and at Kothagudem in Telangana.
"The airports entail investment of more than Rs. 2,000 crore and are expected to give a boost to the burgeoning civil aviation market in India, current the fastest-growing in the world. The new International airport at Bhogapuram will be developed by the State Government under PPP mode at an estimated cost of Rs.2200 crore to cater to 6.3 million passengers per annum (mppa) in the initial phase," the civil aviation ministry said in a statement on Monday.
26/09/16 S V Krishnamachari/International Business Times
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