110 acre more land for expansion of Mangalore airport

New Delhi: Karnataka government has agreed to hand over 110 acre of land for Mangalore airport.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked for an additional land of 110 acre for expansion of the Mangalore airport which the Karnataka government has agreed to hand over, according to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.
The Minister said the additional land was for construction of a parallel taxiway and widening of the basic strip of the new runway besides construction of a link road to connect the city approach road to the new terminal building.
He said the State government has offered to provide additional land for the extension of the new runway from 8000 to 9000 ft and more.
"The land offered is in a valley which is 75 to 80 metre deep. A detailed techno-economic feasibility study, environment impact and safety assessments are required to be carried out as it involves huge earth-filling. AAI is also examining the possibility of limited extension of the runway within the available land," Patel told B Janardhana Poojary (Congress) in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
25/11/07 Mangalorean.com

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