Thiruvananthapuram: A proposal to set up airports in the hilly districts of Idukki and Wayanad is unlikely to materialise in the near future with the government “foreclosing” feasibility studies entrusted to the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) three years ago.
Inability to take forward the survey has been cited by the government to foreclose the studies for the proposed airports at Anakkara in Idukki and at Chakkalloor, near Panamaram, in Wayanad. Environmentalists and other organisations are up in arms against the projects. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board had opposed the project in Wayanad citing ecological consequences.
The KSIDC was entrusted to carry out the Techno Economic Feasibility Study and Environment Impact Assessment through a suitable agency in 2012. A sum for Rs.37.97 lakh was sanctioned for the study in Idukki and Rs.22.57 lakh for Wayanad.
17/02/15 S Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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Inability to take forward the survey has been cited by the government to foreclose the studies for the proposed airports at Anakkara in Idukki and at Chakkalloor, near Panamaram, in Wayanad. Environmentalists and other organisations are up in arms against the projects. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board had opposed the project in Wayanad citing ecological consequences.
The KSIDC was entrusted to carry out the Techno Economic Feasibility Study and Environment Impact Assessment through a suitable agency in 2012. A sum for Rs.37.97 lakh was sanctioned for the study in Idukki and Rs.22.57 lakh for Wayanad.
17/02/15 S Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
