Union Minister for Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapati Raju on Saturday scoffed at the speculation on probable sites for Brownfield and Greenfield airports in Andhra Pradesh and said the Centre would take a final decision after receiving the report from high-power committee which visited various cities and towns early this month.
In a chat with The Hindu here, he said the panel headed by Airport Authority of India Chairman Alok Sinha was evaluating various options and the report was expected by his ministry in a few days. He wondered why one should speculate where the new airports would be located.
There were reports in the media that the Ministry of Defence had objected to the studying of probable sites for new international airport in Visakhapatnam at Nakkapalli and Rambilli close to the Naval Alternate Operational Base project developed to park nuclear powered submarines.
The committee also inspected Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram where the district administration identified 2,560 acres. Mr. Raju represents Vizianagaram in Lok Sabha and the proposed site is about 40 km from Visakhapatnam.
24/08/14 Santhosh Patnaik/The Hindu
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In a chat with The Hindu here, he said the panel headed by Airport Authority of India Chairman Alok Sinha was evaluating various options and the report was expected by his ministry in a few days. He wondered why one should speculate where the new airports would be located.
There were reports in the media that the Ministry of Defence had objected to the studying of probable sites for new international airport in Visakhapatnam at Nakkapalli and Rambilli close to the Naval Alternate Operational Base project developed to park nuclear powered submarines.
The committee also inspected Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram where the district administration identified 2,560 acres. Mr. Raju represents Vizianagaram in Lok Sabha and the proposed site is about 40 km from Visakhapatnam.
24/08/14 Santhosh Patnaik/The Hindu
