MIDC nominated for Sindhudurg airport

Project Monitor reported that Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation has been nominated as the entity for selecting private developers for a Greenfield airport in Sindhudurg district. The civil aviation ministry recently gave it’s in principle approval to the project.
The INR 492 crore projects will come up on 270 hectares of land that is already in state government possession. The airport would be located at Chipi Parule in Vengurla taluka in the southern part of Sindhudurg district.
Airports Authority of India has established the technical feasibility of the airport that will serve only domestic passengers. The Sindhudurg project aims to decongest the existing Dabolim airport in Goa. The picturesque coastal Sindhudurg district is at the southern end of Maharashtra, bordering Goa and partly Karnataka.
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