Tuesday, February 18, 2014

MP calls for expediting Mihan-IAF land swap

Nagpur: City MP Vilas Muttemwar on Monday raised the long-pending issue of land swap between the Indian Air Force and Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC) that has become an impediment in the ambitious Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project.
Mentioning the issue in Parliament through a notice under Section 377, Muttemwar stressed on urgent need to complete the land swap process so that the MIHAN-SEZ project was expedited. He pointed out that as per a memorandum of understanding signed in 2009 by stakeholders IAF, MADC and Airports Authority of India, it was agreed that the IAF, which is occupying 278 hectares of land adjacent to the present Nagpur airport for its transport aircraft operations (Gajraj) would shift to a new place. In exchange, IAF would be offered 122 ha at its present Gajraj site and another 278 hectares at a nearby alternative location.
18/02/14 Times of India
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