Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Government to hold meeting to speed up Kozhikode airport expansion work

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said a high-level meeting would be convened on July 17 to discuss matters connected with the ongoing expansion and development work at the Kozhikode International Airport.

The matter was raised at the Assembly by the opposition which said the partial closure of the airport for the past one year, due to the work, was causing hardship to lakhs of passengers in north Kerala.

He said the meeting, to be chaired by him, would discuss various issues especially the matters related to the speeding up the land acquisition processes. Slow progress in the land acquisition process was one of the major road blocks for the completion of the ongoing expansion programme.

Vijayan expressed confidence that with the support of the local people and others concerned, the hurdles in this regard could be resolved.
12/07/16 PTI/Economic Times
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