Shimoga airport misses deadline

Shimoga: The ambitious greenfield airport at Shimoga has missed another deadline. The airport was initially scheduled to be completed in 2010. But the deadline was pushed to July 2012. With the airport having missed this one too, it is now hoped that the project will be completed by 2013.
The airport is being constructed at Sogane village, 10km from the city, on 778 acres of land, 75% of which belongs to the government and the remaining land is private.
The project's progress has been affected due to various reasons, but the district administration is hopeful that they will be able to meet this deadline. Work is in progress on the 3.4-km runway. The KPTCL has agreed to shift the 6-km high-tension power line which passes near the runway.
19/08/12 CV Raghavendra Rao/Times of India

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