No change of site for Navi Mumbai Airport: Patel

Mumbai: Amid objections raised by the Environment Ministry over the proposed Navi Mumbai Airport, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said there is "no question of change" in the project site.
"Whatever we have chosen, I will say, is final. There is no question of change in site (of Navi Mumbai Airport," Patel told reporters here.
Earlier, a section of media had reported that the Ministry of Civil Aviation was mulling to change the site for the proposed second airport in Mumbai due to environmental issues.
"The Ministry had examined (the issue) in great detail before approving Navi Mumbai Airport site and to just say that the site can move from here to there is not so easy," Patel said.
"Technically also, the site has to be feasible," he added.
25/07/10 PTI/Economic Times

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Jul 2010, New Jul 2010