Meeting discusses airport expansion plan
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: A high-level meeting held here on Monday apprised K.N. Srivatsava, Joint Secretary in the Union Civil Aviation Ministry, of the urgent need for expanding the Chennai airport and exploring the possibility of having a green field airport.
The 30-minute meeting was chaired by Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy.
The Joint Secretary was informed about the possible displacement of people at Cowl Bazaar and Pozhichalur on account of the expansion. Since the matter was pending before court, the State Government wanted the Airports Authority of India, Chennai, to find ways and means of re-aligning the expansion of the airport at the Pallavaram end of the main runway.
The meeting also considered alternative sites for further expansion of the airport, and for the green field airport.
A technical committee of senior officials of the AAI Planning Wing, New Delhi, and Operations, Chennai, is being set up to assist the State in providing technical guidance for putting the expansion project on the "fast track mode".
P. Seth, Member (Operations), AAI, New Delhi; Dinesh Kumar, Chennai Airport Director; K. Ramalingam, Southern Regional Executive Director of AAI, Chennai; and State Transport Secretary Debendranath Sarangi attended the meeting.
Later, Mr. Srivatsava visited the Air Traffic Services complex situated near the Chennai airport.
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Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: A high-level meeting held here on Monday apprised K.N. Srivatsava, Joint Secretary in the Union Civil Aviation Ministry, of the urgent need for expanding the Chennai airport and exploring the possibility of having a green field airport.
The 30-minute meeting was chaired by Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy.
The Joint Secretary was informed about the possible displacement of people at Cowl Bazaar and Pozhichalur on account of the expansion. Since the matter was pending before court, the State Government wanted the Airports Authority of India, Chennai, to find ways and means of re-aligning the expansion of the airport at the Pallavaram end of the main runway.
The meeting also considered alternative sites for further expansion of the airport, and for the green field airport.
A technical committee of senior officials of the AAI Planning Wing, New Delhi, and Operations, Chennai, is being set up to assist the State in providing technical guidance for putting the expansion project on the "fast track mode".
P. Seth, Member (Operations), AAI, New Delhi; Dinesh Kumar, Chennai Airport Director; K. Ramalingam, Southern Regional Executive Director of AAI, Chennai; and State Transport Secretary Debendranath Sarangi attended the meeting.
Later, Mr. Srivatsava visited the Air Traffic Services complex situated near the Chennai airport.
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