Pune: The non-inclusion of the Purandar airport project in the state budget was no surprise for the aviation experts.
S K Jain, former president of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture and former president of MCCIA’s civil aviation committee, told TOI, “There is a lot of difference in genuine intention and active action. Pune has suffered like this over the years.”
There have been no budgetary provisions or funds release after the project was first announced in 2016. Experts stressed the government stayed away from the proposed new airport because of the forthcoming assembly elections.
“The present state budget was an election budget and it was not expected from the government to touch counterproductive issues. While any delay in this project is a setback for the city, I feel the project will gain momentum once the polls are over,” aviation analyst and expert Dhairyashil Vandekar said.
Anant Sardeshmukh, former director-general of the MCCIA, said lack of mention of new airport in the budget proved that it was not in the priority list of the government. “The project has always been on the backburner...Navi Mumbai airport has a priority over Pune” he said.
Not just the finance minister, Sudhir Mungatiwar, there was no reference to the Purandar project in the economic survey though it mentioned about the Navi Mumbai airport project.
20/06/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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S K Jain, former president of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture and former president of MCCIA’s civil aviation committee, told TOI, “There is a lot of difference in genuine intention and active action. Pune has suffered like this over the years.”
There have been no budgetary provisions or funds release after the project was first announced in 2016. Experts stressed the government stayed away from the proposed new airport because of the forthcoming assembly elections.
“The present state budget was an election budget and it was not expected from the government to touch counterproductive issues. While any delay in this project is a setback for the city, I feel the project will gain momentum once the polls are over,” aviation analyst and expert Dhairyashil Vandekar said.
Anant Sardeshmukh, former director-general of the MCCIA, said lack of mention of new airport in the budget proved that it was not in the priority list of the government. “The project has always been on the backburner...Navi Mumbai airport has a priority over Pune” he said.
Not just the finance minister, Sudhir Mungatiwar, there was no reference to the Purandar project in the economic survey though it mentioned about the Navi Mumbai airport project.
20/06/19 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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