Mysore: The Centre has put a spanner in the expansion of the Mysore airport.
The Centre has approved four laning of NH 212 between Mysore and Nanjangud, which effectively derails the expansion plan as the proposed runway cuts across the highway. Chamarajnagar MP R Dhruvanarayan, who is pushing for upgrading the stretch, on Wednesday said the Centre has approved the project and the works will start in a month. According to him, an additional bridge will be built across Kapila river at Nanjangud.
While upgrading the treacherous stretch is necessary to take the load, it is coming in the way of the Airports Authority of India's (AAI) plan to expand the workable airport. The KIADB is in the process of acquiring the land required for expansion. But some part of it has been handed over to AAI, which has told the officials that unless the NH diversion work is taken up they will not go ahead with the expansion that involves expanding the runway that cuts across the highway.
27/04/11 Times of India
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