Mangalore: Proposal mooted on international airport

Mangalore: Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao said here on Monday that the State Government will take steps to send a proposal to the Union Government recommending international airport status to Mangalore airport. Mangalore airport is a domestic customs airport.
He was replying to queries from presspersons at Kenjar where the Airports Authority of India is building an integrated terminal building for Mangalore airport. Earlier, Mr. Rao inspected ongoing work at the terminal building.
Mr. Rao said that he was not aware of the fact that the State Government was yet to send the proposal to the Union Government. ?I will take it up with the Civil Aviation Secretary after completing the formalities,? he said.
About the slow pace of work to lay a road to the new terminal building by the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation, he said: "We will take care of it."
Mr. Rao said that the airport officials too had brought this to his notice. They told him that the new terminal building was expected to be ready by February next. If the connecting road was not ready by then, it will create problem.
03/12/08 The Hindu/Mangalorean.com

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