Deepinder Hooda urges PM to allow Greenfield Airport in NCR region

Chandigarh: Member Parliament from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda has sought intervention of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in granting permission to set up a Greenfield Airport-cum-Cargo Air Complex within the NCR region falling in Haryana.
In a demi official letter addressed to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda said that in Haryana Government's proposal, permission has been sought for construction of a brand new airport catering to lower cost passenger services, air cargo, private operators, helicopter services and aircraft maintenance services at a site covering an area of 4347 acres in Jhajjar district. This site is in villages of Mandothi, Jakhoda, Rohad, Saidpur and Tanda Heri in tehsil Bahadurgarh located near the intersection of National Highway No. 10 and the Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) Expressway.
He said that financing based on a Built Own and Operate (BOO) model has been proposed in the proposal of the Haryana Government and no direct budgetary allocations have been sought from Government of India. Mr. Deepender Singh Hooda also urged the Prime Minister to guide the Ministry of Civil Aviation to expedite Haryana's proposal and conduct an immediate review of 150 KM clause of the Airport Infrastructure Policy of 1997.
05/12/07 PunjabNewsline.com

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