Land for airport building: residents yet to be shifted

Mangalore: Of the 156 acres of land required for the construction of a new terminal building at the Bajpe airport here, the State Government has handed over 70 acres to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). But the Government is yet to shift and rehabilitate the people living on this land, Director of the Bajpe airport M.R. Vasudeva has said.
In a presentation before Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development, V.P. Baligar here on Tuesday on the projects taken up by the AAI at the airport, Mr. Vasudeva said that the Government had issued a notification for the acquisition of another 70 acres of land for the proposed terminal building. He said that the people living on the land handed over to the AAI had to be shifted and rehabilitated if the construction of the building was to begin.
07/03/07 The Hindu/Bellevision

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Categories: Airports Mar 2007