Green signal to Mopa

Panaji: The committee appointed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, under the chairmanship of the state Chief Minister, to decide on the issue of the proposed Mopa international airport, on Friday, finalised and in principle, approved a report recommending the construction of a greenfield airport at Mopa.
It may be recalled that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) had earlier done the Mopa feasibility study and presented a report to the government, giving the project a green signal.
Addressing a press conference on Friday evening, the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat said that the report would be submitted to the Prime Minister in the first or second week of June."I have also directed the Collector to start formalities for land acquisition proceedings," the Chief Minister said, adding, "the rate of land depends on zoning, and I don't think it has increased substantially during past few years."
The meeting of the committee was held at the residence of the Chief Minister on Friday morning and was attended by the South Goa MP, Mr Francisco Sardinha, the Rajya Sabha MP, Mr Shantaram Naik and the joint secretary of the Union Ministry for Civil Aviation, Mr K N Srivastava, who is also the member secretary of the committee, besides others.
31/05/08 Navhind Times

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