WB govt to go ahead with airport project

Burdwan: The West Bengal government would go ahead with the private airport project in Burdwan district despite the reservations expressed by the Coal India Ltd.
"If the private airport project is implemented, the picture of Burdwan and Durgapur will change," West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said today at a conference here.
The airport, the first greenfield one, would be part of a Rs 10,000 crore Durgapur Aerotropolis ( Airport City) project by Bengal Aerotropolis Project which had signed a technical service agreement with Global Changi International Airports, he said.
CIL Chairman Partha S Bhattacharyya had said the company was not against the airport, but had informed the government that the coal reserve would be affected if the project went through.
22/01/09 Indopia

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