Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Government is considering setting up a State Civil Aviation Board under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to oversee development of new airports in tier II cities.
This is, in fact, one of the recommendations of the Administrative Staff College of India, which had been entrusted with the task of mapping out a draft policy for airports development. It has come out with different models, which are being examined by the State Government.
The proposed board will have the Minister for Infrastructure and Investment Ganta Srinivasa Rao as the Vice-Chairman.
The Chief Minister, at a review meeting on airports, ports and LNG today, said the viability of the proposed locations for the airports would be studied in greater detail before the next Assembly session.
Chief Secretary Minnie Mathew and Principal Secretaries R.R. Mishra, B.R. Meena, Sam Bob and S. P. Singh participated in the meeting.
The civil aviation policy aims at promoting development of non-hub airports across the State, which would act as centres of economic activity and tourism.
12/02/13 Business Line
