Kolhapur: Union aviation minister V Gajapathi Raju has cleared the proposal of changing the location of the isolation bay of Kolhapur airport, which would no longer require acquisition of forest land.
The district collector's proposal was raised before the aviation ministry by Rajyasabha MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati.
Sambhajiraje told TOI, "I was informed today that the proposal is accepted by the aviation ministry, which is a major relief for the people concerned with airport development. A meeting on the issue is scheduled in Mumbai on Thursday to take up the issue further."
The Airport Authority of India has already received 223 hectares of land from the state government after the latter acquired it for expansion of the airport. Despite that, a proposal for acquisition of another 10 hectares of land was under consideration for construction of isolation bay.
The change in location of the isolation bay would make further land acquisition unnecessary.
The airport has been used for special flights and the state government was keen on starting a scheduled flight from Kolhapur to Mumbai. The officials have also proposed to subsidize the air tickets for the first few weeks so that people would get used to air travel.
The Kolhapur airport is also proposed to be used as a parking place for several major airlines due to shortage of space at Mumbai airport. The idea is to use Kolhapur as base airport so that airlines can have early morning flights to Mumbai and further to other locations.
17/08/16 Times of India
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The district collector's proposal was raised before the aviation ministry by Rajyasabha MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati.
Sambhajiraje told TOI, "I was informed today that the proposal is accepted by the aviation ministry, which is a major relief for the people concerned with airport development. A meeting on the issue is scheduled in Mumbai on Thursday to take up the issue further."
The Airport Authority of India has already received 223 hectares of land from the state government after the latter acquired it for expansion of the airport. Despite that, a proposal for acquisition of another 10 hectares of land was under consideration for construction of isolation bay.
The change in location of the isolation bay would make further land acquisition unnecessary.
The airport has been used for special flights and the state government was keen on starting a scheduled flight from Kolhapur to Mumbai. The officials have also proposed to subsidize the air tickets for the first few weeks so that people would get used to air travel.
The Kolhapur airport is also proposed to be used as a parking place for several major airlines due to shortage of space at Mumbai airport. The idea is to use Kolhapur as base airport so that airlines can have early morning flights to Mumbai and further to other locations.
17/08/16 Times of India
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