High-level team will make a pitch for Navi Mumbai airport

The ongoing dispute between the civil aviation and the environment and forests ministries over the proposed site of a second international airport for Mumbai seems unlikely to end soon. While the former has insisted on building the airport at Navi Mumbai, the environment ministry has cited environmental concerns while denying permission for the project.
According to official sources, a team comprising top officials of the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and the state’s urban development ministry along with representatives from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) is scheduled to make a presentation to the environment ministry on Friday. The team is expected to inform the ministry that no site other than the Navi Mumbai one is suitable for constructing the second international airport.
“The team met civil aviation minister Praful Patel on Thursday and briefed him on all issues pertaining to the Navi Mumbai Airport. They informed him that extensive feasibility studies have been conducted by AAI, DGCA and IIT-Bombay on all proposed sites, including Kalyan and Rewas Mandwa, but building the airport at these sites is not feasible,” said a source.
20/08/10 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News &Analysis

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