Bangalore: Forget the ongoing national aviation crisis, the state budget 2012-13 provides an impetus to the development of regional airports in tier-II cities.
Chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda, who presented the budget on Wednesday, announced that the Shimoga and Gulbarga airports are being built under a public-private partnership and would launch operations in the 2012-13 fiscal. This year would also see the expansion of the domestic airports in Hubli and Belgaum, he informed.
What it means? The prime focus given to the development of these airports in the state budget marks a change in view. The state wants to boost regional air travel, which about three years ago was seen as the harbinger of aviation activity within Karnataka.
In fact, the official websites of Karnataka's Infrastructure Development Department and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have a list of 32 airports in Karnataka, including the two international airports of Bangalore and Mangalore
22/03/2012 Daily News & Analysis
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