Nagpur: The state government may have issued a GR (government resolution) for procuring land from Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) on March 4 for extension of Akola airport, but the fate of the airport is far from certain. In a letter dated May 15, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) stated that the Akola airport is unlikely to get an aerodrome license due to non-fulfilment of DGCA and civil aviation requirements. The letter also ascertains that there is no demand for an airport from any scheduled airline for operating flights from Akola.
The letter, shared with TOI by a source in the university which received it on Monday, has been addressed to the Maharashtra additional chief secretary of General Administration Department (GAD), PS Meena. The Akola airport expansion plan has been facing stiff opposition from all quarters such as PDKV authorities, former university staffers and vice chancellors as also society at large. The expansion would mean a loss of 60.68 hectare of land including research fields, many buildings, irrigation pond, etc which are vital for running of the university.
20/05/14 Snehlata Shrivastav/Times of India
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The letter, shared with TOI by a source in the university which received it on Monday, has been addressed to the Maharashtra additional chief secretary of General Administration Department (GAD), PS Meena. The Akola airport expansion plan has been facing stiff opposition from all quarters such as PDKV authorities, former university staffers and vice chancellors as also society at large. The expansion would mean a loss of 60.68 hectare of land including research fields, many buildings, irrigation pond, etc which are vital for running of the university.
20/05/14 Snehlata Shrivastav/Times of India
