Mumbai: The Juhu airport expansion project is all set to get a major boost with the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) on Monday expressing its "favourable" support to extend runway into the sea.
The approval of the MoEF is being sought by the civil aviation authorities to build the runway on the stilt. The decision over the runway, said a source, might also expedite the state government proposal to build a coastal road from Versova to Bandra.
At the meeting held on Monday, civil aviation authorities sought the state government's help to resettle slumdwellers and create an underpass on the roads adjacent to the Juhu airport to facilitate the runway's extension into the sea.
26/11/13 Chittaranjan Tembhekar/Times of India
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The approval of the MoEF is being sought by the civil aviation authorities to build the runway on the stilt. The decision over the runway, said a source, might also expedite the state government proposal to build a coastal road from Versova to Bandra.
At the meeting held on Monday, civil aviation authorities sought the state government's help to resettle slumdwellers and create an underpass on the roads adjacent to the Juhu airport to facilitate the runway's extension into the sea.
26/11/13 Chittaranjan Tembhekar/Times of India
