Mandakalli airport to take off by this Dasara

Mysore: Mandakalli airport, which is being upgraded with various infrastructural facilities, will be ready for landing and taking off private aircrafts by this Dasara, beginning on Sept. 30, disclosed Lok Sabha member C.H. Vijayashankar.
Commercial flights will start by February 2009, the MP said, while addressing a press meet after taking part in a meeting of officials to review the progress in the works relating to upgradation of Mandakalli Airport in the office of the Deputy Commissioner here yesterday.
Work on the first phase of upgrading the airport is almost completed. That includes the runway, taxiway and the peripheral road. The work relating to the terminal building was to be completed by December. However, as the officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) urged for construction of additional three floors to the terminal building in keeping with the second phase work, the terminal building will be ready by February, the MP said.
Land measuring 162.32 acres in five villages and in the vicinity of Chamundi Hill has been identified for shifting stretch of Mysore-Ooty National Highway 212 passing alongside airport to a distance of 2.5 km. The approval from Government for acquiring land has been obtained.
Approval has also been given by the government for construction of 60 metre wide four-lane road. The National Highways Engineer has taken steps to acquire the land after determining the exact width of the road.
26/06/08 Star of Mysore

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