Rajasansi to get 45 acres for expansion plans

Amritsar: Decks are being cleared to transfer at least 45 acres for the expansion and modernisation of Amritsar International Airport (AIA) following the long-pending demand of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to provide land for strengthening the modernisation work of the airport.
Deputy Commissioner K.S. Pannu said the notification for the land could be issued any time.
The AAI had requested acquisition of 45 acres immediately as part of the airport’s infrastructural development following grant of international status to the airport a few years back.
“The land is being acquired and formalities have been completed and soon the land will be handed over to the AAI,” said the DC, adding that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had promised the land during his last visit to the airport.
AAI Director (Amritsar) Arun Talwar said the land was required for the smooth functioning of the airport and they had written to the state government several times in this regard. “Though we have received no communication from the DC office so far, it is true that the land is being given to us,” confirmed Talwar.
“Seeing the rising number of passengers and NRIs visiting home, more airlines are lining up to start their operations from here. We need the land for the airport’s operational wings,” he said, adding that work on the Rs 100-crore project of the airport’s upgrade was going on at a war footing.
19/07/08 Dharmendra Rataul/Chandigarh Newsline

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008, New Jul 2008