Buddhadeb shelves plan for second airport

Kolkata: Faced with land acquisition hurdles across the state, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has shelved the ambitious plan to set up a greenfield airport near Kolkata. The state would have needed more than 2,000 acres for this proposed airport.
Emerging from a meeting with civil aviation minister Praful Patel and AAI brass, Bhattacharjee said the revamped NSCBI Airport would cater to the city’s traffic requirement for decades.
"The present airport will be upgraded to comfortably handle traffic projected for the next 20-25 years. There is a plan for further expansion. If the need for a second airport arises in the distant future, we’ll consider the proposal," he said.
08/09/07 Times of India

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