Mysore airport work set to be delayed

Chennai/ Mysore: With the Airports Authority of India (AAI) rejecting Karnataka government’s plea for sharing the land acquisition cost, plans to develop the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli, on the outskirts of the city, to facilitate operations by bigger aircraft may be delayed further.
Minister of state (independent charge) for civil aviation Praful Patel informed the Lok Sabha today that the AAI had not accepted the request of the Karnataka government for cost sharing, because as per the MoU, signed between the state government and the AAI on October 6, 2005, any additional land required for expansion of the Mysore Airport is to be acquired by the state and transferred to the AAI, free of cost and free from all encumbrances.
AAI had taken up the development of Mysore Airport for ATR-72 type of aircraft operations in Phase I. Accor-dingly, it has completed cons-truction of the runway 09/27 of dimension 1740m x 30m, apron and link taxiway with associated facilities in March 2008 suited for ATR-72 aircraft operations. Construction of terminal building, technical block-cum-control tower, fire station, were completed in March this year. The airport, modernised at a cost of Rs 60 crore, was inaugurated on June 15 last by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
31/07/10 Business Standard

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010