Vijayawada: The grandiose plan of the Andhra Pradesh government to construct a 250-metre high tower in the upcoming capital city of Amaravati may hit the proposed greenfield airport at Tadikonda village in Guntur district. Besides the tallest ‘iconic’ tower in India, the state government has also proposed five high-rise buildings to house government offices and secretariats. Each of these structures would have 50 floors each.
Civil aviation experts are of the view anyway that the topography of the upcoming capital city does not allow a greenfield airport at Tadikonda. Added to the ‘negative’ topography would be the proposed high-rise buildings and the iconic tower that would house the state assembly. Amaravati is dotted with three major chains of hills and individual hillocks that form part of the Eastern Ghats. These hill ranges and hillocks are close to Tadikonda village.
“The runway should be planned in such a way that there is no hindrance from the hills and the proposed tower for aircrafts to take off and land. Otherwise it would affect the aircraft movement. It also depends on where in Tadikonda the greenfield airport would come up,” a senior aviation official told TOI.
The iconic assembly tower and the high-rise government buildings would not impact the present airport at Gannavaram as it is about 25 km away. Gannavaram airport has been recording high passenger growth rate and aircraft movement after the division of the state. The first international flight is scheduled to take off from the city airport in the next few days.
25/11/18 Venu Lanka/Times of India
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Civil aviation experts are of the view anyway that the topography of the upcoming capital city does not allow a greenfield airport at Tadikonda. Added to the ‘negative’ topography would be the proposed high-rise buildings and the iconic tower that would house the state assembly. Amaravati is dotted with three major chains of hills and individual hillocks that form part of the Eastern Ghats. These hill ranges and hillocks are close to Tadikonda village.
“The runway should be planned in such a way that there is no hindrance from the hills and the proposed tower for aircrafts to take off and land. Otherwise it would affect the aircraft movement. It also depends on where in Tadikonda the greenfield airport would come up,” a senior aviation official told TOI.
The iconic assembly tower and the high-rise government buildings would not impact the present airport at Gannavaram as it is about 25 km away. Gannavaram airport has been recording high passenger growth rate and aircraft movement after the division of the state. The first international flight is scheduled to take off from the city airport in the next few days.
25/11/18 Venu Lanka/Times of India
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