New Hyderabad airport to be ready by 2008

Hyderabad: An action plan has been prepared to make the Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad here operational by March 2008 as major site-preparation works of the Greenfield airport are complete.
The plan seeks to complete the construction of the main components by November 2007.
Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy asked officials to complete construction of the access road to the airport from the National Highway 7 by February 2007 and all other connecting roads, including an elevated expressway, as early as possible.
Reviewing the progress of works on different airports and sea ports in the State at a meeting here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister noted that 43 per cent of the overall works of the international airport were over. The boundary wall, a major portion of the runway and taxi ways were almost complete and the project execution was ahead of schedule by a few months.
25/10/06 The Hindu

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