Panaji: A proposed airport at Mopa plateau is nothing but a land scam orchestrated by politicians from both the Congress and the BJP, the AAP alleged Tuesday.
Releasing a provisional manifesto, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Oscar Rebello said several politicians from both the mainstream parties had purchased land around the proposed airport site and that the AAP would reveal their names soon.
The proposed airport site is located 45 km north of Panaji.
"This is nothing but a land scam. It's not that we are against an airport or large infrastructural projects. But Goa does not need an airport that urgently. The upgraded airport will serve Goa's need for several years to come," Rebello said.
"Most of the land in the surrounding area belongs to politicians or their close supporters and the present government is keeping the proposal alive to keep land prices inflated and then sell to unsuspecting buyers," AAP's draft manifesto for the state reads.
"With the airport at Sindhudurg (a south Maharashtra district bordering Goa) being ready by the year-end, it does not even make Mopa financially viable," it adds.
Over the past few years, Goa has been split geographically with mainstream politicians in north Goa backing the greenfield airport project, cleared by the union civil aviation ministry more than a decade back.
25/03/14 IANS/News Track India
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Releasing a provisional manifesto, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Oscar Rebello said several politicians from both the mainstream parties had purchased land around the proposed airport site and that the AAP would reveal their names soon.
The proposed airport site is located 45 km north of Panaji.
"This is nothing but a land scam. It's not that we are against an airport or large infrastructural projects. But Goa does not need an airport that urgently. The upgraded airport will serve Goa's need for several years to come," Rebello said.
"Most of the land in the surrounding area belongs to politicians or their close supporters and the present government is keeping the proposal alive to keep land prices inflated and then sell to unsuspecting buyers," AAP's draft manifesto for the state reads.
"With the airport at Sindhudurg (a south Maharashtra district bordering Goa) being ready by the year-end, it does not even make Mopa financially viable," it adds.
Over the past few years, Goa has been split geographically with mainstream politicians in north Goa backing the greenfield airport project, cleared by the union civil aviation ministry more than a decade back.
25/03/14 IANS/News Track India
