Minister for Airports, Ports and Excise K. Babu on Tuesday said that trial landings at the Kannur international airport will commence in January.
Speaking to journalists here, he said that incessant rain had impeded tarmac surfacing causing the delay. The State government has approached the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for early trial runs. It had completed the airport in a record two years.
The local panchayat had thrown the spanner in the works by denying sanction to blast a granite formation in the runway area. The government surmounted the obstacle by using the executive authority of the district Collector.
The Fisheries Department will start an institution to train children from the fisherfolk community to effectively compete in civil service, UPSC, PSC and bank examinations. The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Knowledge Centre for Higher Studies and Research will come up at Maradu in Ernakulam. Fisheries University Vice Chancellor Victor George will head the institution.
23/12/15 The Hindu
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Speaking to journalists here, he said that incessant rain had impeded tarmac surfacing causing the delay. The State government has approached the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for early trial runs. It had completed the airport in a record two years.
The local panchayat had thrown the spanner in the works by denying sanction to blast a granite formation in the runway area. The government surmounted the obstacle by using the executive authority of the district Collector.
The Fisheries Department will start an institution to train children from the fisherfolk community to effectively compete in civil service, UPSC, PSC and bank examinations. The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Knowledge Centre for Higher Studies and Research will come up at Maradu in Ernakulam. Fisheries University Vice Chancellor Victor George will head the institution.
23/12/15 The Hindu
