Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Mangaluru airport runway expansion plan referred to high-level committee

The proposed runway expansion at the Mangaluru International Airport continues to be in a deadlock with the issue of land for the expansion and related compensation being referred to a high-level committee.

It was on February 12, 2014 that the Director of Mangaluru International Airport wrote to the Dakshina Kannada district administration expressing the need for 190 acres of land for expansion of the runway from 8,000 ft to 13,000 ft. Following a survey of land available in Adyapady and Kolambe villages, the district administration proposed to the State government in November 2014 that land can be acquired by paying compensation of Rs. 121.05 crore.

Stating that the compensation was too huge for the government to bear, the Principal Secretary, Finance Department, wrote back to the district administration asking it to take up the work in two phases. Hence, the district administration was proposing to acquire 61.47 acres.
29/07/15 Raghava M/The Hindu
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