Monday, December 21, 2015

Airport projects fail to take wing

Bifurcation came as a blessing in disguise for a few airports in the State this year. Post bifurcation, the otherwise quiet airports of Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati witnessed hectic activity in the last one year, thanks to the frequent visits of industrialists, dignitaries, authorities and politicians.

Amid this hectic activity, the government has planned to develop a few other airports in the State and launch new ones.

But due to the inordinate delay in grounding of the projects and stiff opposition by locals, many of the projects failed to take off as expected this year.

Among all airports in the State, authorities during the Collector’s conference held here during September, claimed that Gannavaram airport had registered a traffic growth of 101.5 per cent against the national average of 18.1 per cent. Tirupati airport recorded 48.6 per cent growth followed by Rajahmundry airport (35.9 per cent) and Visakhapatnam airport (45.6 per cent).
21/12/15 S.Sandeep Kumar/The Hindu
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