AAI appoints Rites to conduct feasibility study of 32 non-operational airports

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has appointed M/s Rites as consultant to carry out the feasibility study for AAI’s 32 non-operational airports. The airports included in the study are: Akola, Hadapsar and Kolhapur in Maharashtra; Asanol, Balurghat, Behala and Malda in West Bengal; Chakulia in Jharkhand; Khandwa, Satna and Panna in Madhya Pradesh; Cuddapah, Donakonda, Vellore and Warangal in Andhra Pradesh; Deesa in Gujarat; Jogbani, Muzaffarpur and Raxaul in Bihar; Jhansi and Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh; Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh; Khowai, Ksilasahar and Kamalpur in Tripura; Passighat in Arunachal Pradesh; Rupsi and Shella in Assam; Jharsuguda in Orissa; Turial (Aizwal) in Mizoram and Mysore and Hassan in Karnataka.
AAI has also worked out a master plan for the development of Jharsuguda Airport in Orissa. It plans to develop the project in different phases and has requested the Orissa state government to allocate 815 acres of land for the development of the airport.
29/12/08 Anish V Punnackattu/TravelBizMonitor

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Categories: Airports Dec 2008, New Dec 2008