Cabinet approval for airport transfer awaited: Patel

Nagpur: Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel on Monday categorically said the international passenger and cargo hub project in the city was a "certainty", and the transfer of city airport from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) was now only a matter of approval from the Union cabinet.
"No one should have any doubt in their mind about the entire project and particularly the transfer of airport to MADC, since, it was before the cabinet," Patel said after inaugurating the AI Express flight from Nagpur to Dubai today.
It is the prerogative of the Prime Minister to include it in the cabinet agenda and when it comes it will be done.
Referring to the statement that his ministerial colleague Vilas Muttemwar made where he allegedly accused him of putting an obstacle in the setting up of a cargo hub, Patel said it was uncalled for people to blame him.
24/09/07 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007