Goa govt. plans to go ahead with Mopa international airport project

Panjim: The Goa government will soon approach the Union Civil Aviation Ministry with the second feasibility report submitted recently by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on the proposed new international airport at Mopa in North Goa. "We have received the feasibility report that suggests viability of two airports in Goa and we will go ahead with the plan to set-up the international airport at Mopa," Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister, Goa told TravelBiz Monitor. Meanwhile, the Union Civil Aviation Ministry has granted Rs 500 crore for the up gradation of the existing international airport at Dabolim.
According to Kamat, the second feasibility report has been prepared with A 380 as the model aircraft for the master plans of the airport, which means the runway width will be more than any of the existing airports in the country. ICAO had been asked to prepare the second feasibility report in 2006 by the state government as the Mopa international airport project had run into controversy in 2005 and kept in abeyance following objections raised by some political parties.
21/11/07 Mayuresh Pawar/TravelBizMonitor

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