Chennai airport: decision will depend on feasibility report

Chennai: Will Chennai go the Bangalore and Hyderabad way to have a Greenfield Airport? Or will the Tamil Nadu Government opt for certain re-alignment of the "operational area" of the existing airport to have a main parallel runway and other logistic facilities to meet the surge in the passenger traffic and aircraft movements?
The answer to these queries will emerge only after the "technical feasibility report" is prepared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Chennai, and the Headquarters in New Delhi.
While official sources in the State Government admitted that Tamil Nadu was lagging in the construction of a new international airport with access facilities, the Government's line of thinking on the infrastructure would be known in the next two weeks with a series of meetings planned.
And the first meeting is scheduled on Monday Srivatsava, a Joint Secretary in the Union Civil Aviation Ministry, and AAI Member (Operations) P. Seth. Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy will chair the meeting.
The State Government is yet to firm up a blueprint for the proposed international airport project.
19/11/06 TS Shankar/The Hindu

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