Lucknow: Close on the heels of Centre giving go ahead for construction of a new terminal at Lucknow airport, UP government has sanctioned around Rs 290 crore for acquiring land for a civil conclave in Bamrauli airport in Allahabad.
The proposed civil conclave will act like an airport terminal building with facilities for domestic flyers. The airport, situated around 12km from main Allahabad city has only domestic flight operations. Currently, only Air India operates two direct flights, one each for Delhi and Mumbai.
The development, ahead of the UP assembly elections due in less than a year's time, is seen as an attempt to put Allahabad on the state's air travel/tourist map. According to sources in civil aviation department, the conclave is proposed to be constructed over an area of around 30 hectares (around 75 acres) alongside the airport, which is otherwise owned by the Indian Air Force.
State revenue department in February last year had estimated a compensation of around Rs 290 crore for acquiring land from owners on mutual consent.
Sources said the state government has given its nod to payment of compensation at the rate of Rs 9.5 crore for every hectare of land acquired. This will be apart from the registration fee. The compensation would be paid from the civil aviation expenses for financial year 2016-17.
29/02/16 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
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The proposed civil conclave will act like an airport terminal building with facilities for domestic flyers. The airport, situated around 12km from main Allahabad city has only domestic flight operations. Currently, only Air India operates two direct flights, one each for Delhi and Mumbai.
The development, ahead of the UP assembly elections due in less than a year's time, is seen as an attempt to put Allahabad on the state's air travel/tourist map. According to sources in civil aviation department, the conclave is proposed to be constructed over an area of around 30 hectares (around 75 acres) alongside the airport, which is otherwise owned by the Indian Air Force.
State revenue department in February last year had estimated a compensation of around Rs 290 crore for acquiring land from owners on mutual consent.
Sources said the state government has given its nod to payment of compensation at the rate of Rs 9.5 crore for every hectare of land acquired. This will be apart from the registration fee. The compensation would be paid from the civil aviation expenses for financial year 2016-17.
29/02/16 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
