Thiruvananthapuram: The multi-modal hub project for the Trivandrum International Airport is gathering steam as the water resources department and department of coastal shipping and inland navigation has invited water works engineers and Airport Authority of India officials to have a meeting on January 3 to discuss the project.
Union minister of state for civil aviation KC Venugopal announced on Monday that the Kerala Road Fund Board would undertake the feasibility study for the project; the latest meeting initiated by Tom Jose, MD of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation, will discuss funding for the clean-up of the Parvathy Puthanar canal.
Principal secretary, VJ Kurien who was given additional charge of interstate waters in the water recourses department, said that his primary objective would be to find sources of funding for the project. "I have convened a meeting to discuss the multi-modal integration of various transport systems by effective usage of Parvathy Puthanar, with flow adjacent to the new international terminal building.
27/12/12 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India
