Pune: The ministry of defence (MoD) has given conditional clearance to the proposed Purandar airport, provided the flight route is re-arranged and other technical issues are resolved.
According to the information provided by a government source, the MoD had raised some concerns on the Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s report and followed it up with several discussions with all the stakeholders from the state government. A meeting held last week finally gave a "positive signal" to the state government officials regarding the proposed airport, provided necessary steps were taken to address its concerns, the official said.
One of the main hurdles for the project was the MoD's concern over the Hyderbad-Mumbai sector flights being affected. It was agreed upon to re-arrange the flight routes of Hyderabad-Gulbarga-Aghela-Mumbai and Hyderabad-Gulbarga-Aghela-Purandar (Pune). "With the re-arrangement, the issue has been addressed," said the official.
The other area of concern was the flight path coinciding with the Lohegaon airport. It was discussed and all the technical aspects were agreed upon. The instrument approach procedures were ready after a lot of deliberation, said the official about the outcome of the meeting last week.
The National Defence Academy (NDA) also raised concerns about operations of their airstrip being affected once the Purandar airport started operations. This, according to the official, was also addressed.
18/01/18 Nisha Nambiar and Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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According to the information provided by a government source, the MoD had raised some concerns on the Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s report and followed it up with several discussions with all the stakeholders from the state government. A meeting held last week finally gave a "positive signal" to the state government officials regarding the proposed airport, provided necessary steps were taken to address its concerns, the official said.
One of the main hurdles for the project was the MoD's concern over the Hyderbad-Mumbai sector flights being affected. It was agreed upon to re-arrange the flight routes of Hyderabad-Gulbarga-Aghela-Mumbai and Hyderabad-Gulbarga-Aghela-Purandar (Pune). "With the re-arrangement, the issue has been addressed," said the official.
The other area of concern was the flight path coinciding with the Lohegaon airport. It was discussed and all the technical aspects were agreed upon. The instrument approach procedures were ready after a lot of deliberation, said the official about the outcome of the meeting last week.
The National Defence Academy (NDA) also raised concerns about operations of their airstrip being affected once the Purandar airport started operations. This, according to the official, was also addressed.
18/01/18 Nisha Nambiar and Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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