Hyderabad: The expansion of Vijayawada airport has fallen victim to red tapism at the highest levels of state bureaucracy. Even six years after entering into MoU with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for runway expansion up to 10,500 ft and modernisation of terminal building, the state government failed to issue draft notification, leave alone acquiring land.
It was decided that AAI is given about 500 acres for upgrading the airport with the above facilities. Official sources told this newspaper that the file relating to acquisition has been doing rounds in Secretariat for more than a year and chances of a go ahead for issue of notification appear bleak now also.
“The cabinet has to approve the notification and there is uncertainty over the meeting with more than half of the ministers submitting their resignations,” a senior infrastructure official said. The civil aviation ministry allotted Rs 340 crore for new terminal building in 2012-2013 Budget and proposed that the state government acquire part of land on priority basis so that the terminal building could be taken up.
19/08/13 Deccan Chronicle
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It was decided that AAI is given about 500 acres for upgrading the airport with the above facilities. Official sources told this newspaper that the file relating to acquisition has been doing rounds in Secretariat for more than a year and chances of a go ahead for issue of notification appear bleak now also.
“The cabinet has to approve the notification and there is uncertainty over the meeting with more than half of the ministers submitting their resignations,” a senior infrastructure official said. The civil aviation ministry allotted Rs 340 crore for new terminal building in 2012-2013 Budget and proposed that the state government acquire part of land on priority basis so that the terminal building could be taken up.
19/08/13 Deccan Chronicle
