The controversial Mopa airport finally got the much awaited environmental clearance today from the centre.
“A serious hurdle is cleared with this permission. Now Mopa is not too far”, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, also the MLA from Pernem taluka, told goanews.com.
The initial proposal for the Mopa airport was cleared by the central government in March 2001, almost 14 years ago.
A meeting of Ministry of Environment and Forests, chaired by MoEF minister Prakash Jawadekar, today finally decided to give the EC to the Greenfield airport project, coming up in eastern Pernem.
The project, located on the Northern border of Goa, is vehemently opposed by the South Goa, especially by Salcete taluka, where most of the five star hotels are situated.
20/10/15 Goa News
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“A serious hurdle is cleared with this permission. Now Mopa is not too far”, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, also the MLA from Pernem taluka, told goanews.com.
The initial proposal for the Mopa airport was cleared by the central government in March 2001, almost 14 years ago.
A meeting of Ministry of Environment and Forests, chaired by MoEF minister Prakash Jawadekar, today finally decided to give the EC to the Greenfield airport project, coming up in eastern Pernem.
The project, located on the Northern border of Goa, is vehemently opposed by the South Goa, especially by Salcete taluka, where most of the five star hotels are situated.
20/10/15 Goa News
