You may soon fly to Shirdi

Mumbai: It won’t take more than 30 minutes to reach Shirdi if everything goes according to the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation’s (MADC) plans.
The corporation wants to develop an airport at Shirdi in Nashik. It will come up on a 500-acre plot, some 3 km from in Sonewadi. There will be a 3,000-metre runway, a terminal building, parking and cafeteria services.
The estimated cost of the project is Rs45 crore, and will be built with private partnership.
MADC vice-chairman and managing director RC Sinha said, “Land surveys are over. We have asked the government to start negotiations and acquire land in the area. The entire process of transferring the land to MADC and construction should not take more than 15 months.”
20/04/06 Rajshri Mehta/Daily News & Analysis

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