Just Rs 40 cr allotted for Dabolim

New Delhi: Goa’s Dabolim airport will get just Rs 40 crore for upgradation, Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed the Rajya Sabha today. He said upgradation and modernisation of the 35 non-metro airports is underway by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) by 2009-2010.
In addition, 13 more airports have been taken up for upgradation by AAI, for a total amount of Rs12,434.34 crore, during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12). Totally, an expenditure of Rs 6,443.53 crore has been proposed for development of non-metro airports, and Rs 5,990.81 crore for metro and other private / greenfield airports.
Chandigarh (78), Dehradun (63), Delhi (60), Jaipur (116), Khajuraho (78), Leh (41), Lucknow (69.50), Udaipur (58), Varanasi (89.18), Amritsar (109.10), Bhubaneswar (72.95), Port Blair (41.14), Ranchi (110), Guwahati (58), Ahmedabad (224), Aurangabad (112), Indore (52), Mumbai (46), Nagpur (57), Surat (51.08), Coimbatore (62), Mysore (55), Madurai (66), Mangalore (150), Trichy (83.32), Tirupati (52) and Vishakhapatnam (75), all get more money than Goa (40.10).
23/12/08 Herald Publications

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Categories: Airports Dec 2008