Maharashtra CM, Patel to meet on airport transfer

Nagpur: Next Saturday could be an important day for the proposed international cargo hub. For, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is also chairman of the Maharashtra Airport Development Company, is scheduled to meet civil aviation minister Praful Patel in Mumbai to discuss the crucial issue of handing over Nagpur airport to MADC.
On the same day, a relief package to be offered to those displaced by the project will be fianlised by the committee headed by additional chief secretary Ramandand Tiwari, according to MADC managing director R C Sinha.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday after reviewing progress of the ambitious multimodal air cargo hub (Mihan) and SEZ projects here, he said real estate major DLF would be launching construction work of its IT park on Wednesday. City MP and Union minister of state for non-conventional energy Vilas Muttemwar and top officials of the state and the aviation ministry will be present at the meeting.
The issue of handing of airport from the Airports Authority of India to the joint venture company of MADC and AAI has been hanging fire for the past six months. The aviation ministry has been procrastinating on the handover. On August 6, the aviation ministry told the high court that it would take at least six months to complete the formalities like getting cabinet clearance and only then would it consider handing over the airport.
22/08/07 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Aug 2007