Pune:Airports Authority of India officials in Pune on Thursday said they have got the official possession of 15.84 acre land belonging to the Indian Air Force (lAF) and the construction on the plot will begin soon.
A tweet on Thursday by the Pune airport authorities said, “The IAF has given permission for work on the 15.84 acre land. This will speed up the projects of the airport.”
Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar in 2016 had said that the IAF will give the land to the Pune airport for expansion. An airport official, when contacted on Thursday, said,” We got the official letter from the IAF today and we can start construction on the plot.”
The airport authorities have been saying that a new terminal building, at a cost of Rs 500 crore, will come up on the plot with the facility expected to be ready by 2021. Last year, the IAF provided additional 16 acres of land to the AAI for expansion. The IAF has asked for land in lieu of the plots.
“The state government is working on the matter and infrastructure committee chairman and Union minister Nitin Gadkaro has already told the state to provide 15 acres of land to IAF and additional 10 acres to the AAI. Earlier this week, there was a meeting about this between Pune MP Anil Shirole and the PMC and next week the PMC will have a meeting with the IAF authorities. More land under IAF which is unused has been sought,” another official added.
16/03/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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A tweet on Thursday by the Pune airport authorities said, “The IAF has given permission for work on the 15.84 acre land. This will speed up the projects of the airport.”
Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar in 2016 had said that the IAF will give the land to the Pune airport for expansion. An airport official, when contacted on Thursday, said,” We got the official letter from the IAF today and we can start construction on the plot.”
The airport authorities have been saying that a new terminal building, at a cost of Rs 500 crore, will come up on the plot with the facility expected to be ready by 2021. Last year, the IAF provided additional 16 acres of land to the AAI for expansion. The IAF has asked for land in lieu of the plots.
“The state government is working on the matter and infrastructure committee chairman and Union minister Nitin Gadkaro has already told the state to provide 15 acres of land to IAF and additional 10 acres to the AAI. Earlier this week, there was a meeting about this between Pune MP Anil Shirole and the PMC and next week the PMC will have a meeting with the IAF authorities. More land under IAF which is unused has been sought,” another official added.
16/03/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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