Panaji: Goa government has agreed to allot five acre land to the Navy for setting up a naval enclave at the proposed International Airport in Mopa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said today.
"We have decided to allot five acres of land in the proposed Greenfield airport at Mopa to the Indian Navy considering the security point of view," he said.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a letter to Parsekar on June 2, had sought the land to set up a naval enclave at the airport. The first phase of the airport is expected to be commissioned in 2019.
"Whenever an airport comes up in the coastal area, the Defence Ministry always seeks land from the security point of view," the Chief Minister said.
10/06/16 PTI/Economic Times
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"We have decided to allot five acres of land in the proposed Greenfield airport at Mopa to the Indian Navy considering the security point of view," he said.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a letter to Parsekar on June 2, had sought the land to set up a naval enclave at the airport. The first phase of the airport is expected to be commissioned in 2019.
"Whenever an airport comes up in the coastal area, the Defence Ministry always seeks land from the security point of view," the Chief Minister said.
10/06/16 PTI/Economic Times
