Panaji: Minister for Environment Alina Saldanha, on Sunday asked the people to stay united on the demand to get the Navy shifted from Dabolim airport in south Goa to Karwar, where the Naval base is located.
"Once this goal is achieved, Dabolim airport will be for Goans(civilian use) only and there will not be a need for an alternate airport," she said while participating in a public debate organised on Sunday by Cansaulim Arossim Cuelim Civic and Consumer Forum (CACCCF) and Cansaulim Villagers Action Committee (CVAC) in Casaulim in south Goa, which forms part of her Assembly constituency. Representatives from the BJP and AAP participated in the public debate on "Future of Dabolim Airport".
The controversy over whether Goa needed a new airport proposed to come up at Mopa in Pernem in north Goa or should it continue with expanded Dabolim airport with more civilian use of the airport, presently under Naval jurisdiction, is once again getting revived as parliamentary elections are round the corner.
24/02/14 Prakash Kamat/The Hindu
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"Once this goal is achieved, Dabolim airport will be for Goans(civilian use) only and there will not be a need for an alternate airport," she said while participating in a public debate organised on Sunday by Cansaulim Arossim Cuelim Civic and Consumer Forum (CACCCF) and Cansaulim Villagers Action Committee (CVAC) in Casaulim in south Goa, which forms part of her Assembly constituency. Representatives from the BJP and AAP participated in the public debate on "Future of Dabolim Airport".
The controversy over whether Goa needed a new airport proposed to come up at Mopa in Pernem in north Goa or should it continue with expanded Dabolim airport with more civilian use of the airport, presently under Naval jurisdiction, is once again getting revived as parliamentary elections are round the corner.
24/02/14 Prakash Kamat/The Hindu
