Surat: A hot debate on ‘Surat Vs Navsari’ has started on social media following the recent TOI report on the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Gujarat government’s plan to build a bigger airport near Navsari.
While most of the social media users are in favour of this, a section of people have criticized the move of the AAI and the state government to build a bigger airport in Navsari saying that it will ruin the image of world’s fourth fastest growing city.
Replying to information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by activist Rajesh Modi, the AAI stated that its chairman had written a letter on February 2, 2018, to chief secretary, Gujarat government, for a meeting to discuss and finalize land requirement for future development of Surat airport.
In a meeting held between the AAI chairman and chief secretary on February 23, 2018, apart from development of existing Surat airport, development of an alternative airport was also discussed, for which the state government agreed to identify a few sites.
Surat’s district collector in a note forwarded to AAI had stated that the required government owned land of about 1,500 hectares has been identified near Jalalpore taluka in Navsari district. The proposed site was about 35 kilometre from Surat, but the distance could be reduced to about 20 km by constructing a bridge over river Mindhola. The site is also near Navsari and the airport will serve the twin cities.
02/04/18 Times of India
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While most of the social media users are in favour of this, a section of people have criticized the move of the AAI and the state government to build a bigger airport in Navsari saying that it will ruin the image of world’s fourth fastest growing city.
Replying to information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by activist Rajesh Modi, the AAI stated that its chairman had written a letter on February 2, 2018, to chief secretary, Gujarat government, for a meeting to discuss and finalize land requirement for future development of Surat airport.
In a meeting held between the AAI chairman and chief secretary on February 23, 2018, apart from development of existing Surat airport, development of an alternative airport was also discussed, for which the state government agreed to identify a few sites.
Surat’s district collector in a note forwarded to AAI had stated that the required government owned land of about 1,500 hectares has been identified near Jalalpore taluka in Navsari district. The proposed site was about 35 kilometre from Surat, but the distance could be reduced to about 20 km by constructing a bridge over river Mindhola. The site is also near Navsari and the airport will serve the twin cities.
02/04/18 Times of India
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