Panjim: Despite the Union Cabinet’s approval for the Mopa greenfield airport among others back in 2010, which the Congress now says was never meant to be at the cost of Dabolim, the Party and the Central government pushed by AICC general secretary from Goa, Luizinho Faleiro is now batting for Dabolim airport’s expansion and up-gradation with additional land from the Indian Navy.
While senior Congress leader and Goa desk in-charge Digvijaya Singh has said that the proposal for Mopa “should not be even considered”, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to “take up the matter” and Ajit Singh has assured that he is “having the matter examined.” These statements have come in response to Faleiro petitioning them “in view of the un-viability of two airports in Goa and availability of land with the Navy to expand Dabolim airport”.
“I totally agree with you that the proposal for another airport at Mopa in North Goa should not be even considered. The (Dabolim) airport had already spent more than Rs 400 crore. The existing Goa airport at Dabolim will be fully competent to absorb the passenger traffic,” Digvijaya Singh wrote to Faleiro a few months ago.
02/12/13 Gerard De Souza/Herald
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While senior Congress leader and Goa desk in-charge Digvijaya Singh has said that the proposal for Mopa “should not be even considered”, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to “take up the matter” and Ajit Singh has assured that he is “having the matter examined.” These statements have come in response to Faleiro petitioning them “in view of the un-viability of two airports in Goa and availability of land with the Navy to expand Dabolim airport”.
“I totally agree with you that the proposal for another airport at Mopa in North Goa should not be even considered. The (Dabolim) airport had already spent more than Rs 400 crore. The existing Goa airport at Dabolim will be fully competent to absorb the passenger traffic,” Digvijaya Singh wrote to Faleiro a few months ago.
02/12/13 Gerard De Souza/Herald
