Navy seeks enclave at Mopa airport

Panaji: As a quid pro quo for allowing a civilian enclave at Dabolim airport, the Navy has asked for land at the proposed Mopa airport to set up a naval enclave.
However, the seven-member Mopa airport steering committee chaired by chief secretary Sanjay Srivastava has not committed itself on the issue. Sources said the committee will call a representative of the Navy as a special invitee to its next meeting, which is yet to be scheduled. Sources in the committee confirmed the Navy’s request made at a meeting with the joint secretary of civil aviation, who is also a member of the committee, in New Delhi in October last year.
The request was brought to the notice of the committee during its first meeting in Goa on December 11, 2009.
The committee also comprises the state finance secretary, chairman of the Airports Authority of India and Nasser Munji, chairman of the Development Credit Bank of India.
21/01/10 Times of India

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