The state government on Monday gave its in-principle approval to the master plan of the proposed international airport at Mopa and will give the final approval after studying the plan within 10 to 12 days, chief minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday.
Parrikar, who presided over a review meeting of the Mopa airport project as chairman of the newly-appointed Mopa airport steering committee, also viewed a power point presentation by the consultants. He told media persons that he has set September-end as the tentative schedule for floating of global tenders for the airport. The consultants are a consortium of companies with Ammann and Whitney from USA being the lead consultant. Ammann and Whitney were consultants for the just concluded expansion work at the Chennai airport.
Parrikar said, "Today we saw the presentation and in the next 10 to 12 days, we will approve the master plan. We have given in-principle approval today but the master plan has to be studied."
Parrikar also said that the financial consultant for the Greenfield airport project will be appointed in a month and that the government's target date for starting the airport is 2015.
24/04/12 Times of India
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