Sunday, July 27, 2014

Navy clears Visakhapatnam airport expansion

Visakhapatnam: In a welcome relief, the authorities of Eastern Naval Command (ENC), has hinted that it has no objections to  the expansion of the Visakhapatnam airport, which also houses naval air station INS Dega.
Locals have been demanding that the Indian Navy shift its air station to NAOB as they were of the opinion that the expansion of the present airport is being hindered. However, in what could come as a disappointment for the locals, the Eastern  Naval Command (ENC) seems to be in no mood to heed to their demand to shift the operations of the Navy.
“We don’t have any objections to the expansion of the airport. We  extend full cooperation for that. However, at the same time, INS Dega is strategically located for our operations. We also need another air station for other operations that we are considering other places,” said a top ENC official.
27/07/14 Deccan Chronicle
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