Cabinet approval on transfer of Nagpur airport to MADC soon: Patel

Mumbai : Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel expressed hope that the Union Cabinet will soon give its approval regarding the transfer of the Nagpur airport to the Maharashtra Airport Development Authority (MADC) for the Multi-Modal International Air Passenger and Cargo Hub at Nagpur (MIHAN).
''A cabinet note in this regard has already been circulated, and I hope the Union Government will soon give its approval,'' Patel told UNI after attending a high-level meeting, which was held here today to review the progress on the Navi Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune airport projects.
Mr Patel further said that there is a need to hasten up the progress as the existing Mumbai airport would not be able to cope up with the ever-increasing air traffic beyond 2011-12.
Besides Mr Patel, the meeting was also attended by Chief Minister Vialsrao Deshmukh, top officials from MADC, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) as well as senior officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry.
Meanwhile, in a related development, Maharashtra government today 'in principle' agreed to provide 12.5 per cent land to the affected persons, whose land will be acquired for the development of the Nagpur Airport.
25/08/07 UNI/NewKerala.com

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Categories: Airports Aug 2007