Govt. for expansion of Meenambakkam airport
New Delhi, .Jan 9 (PTI): Disagreeing with a proposal for a second greenfield airport at Chennai, the Centre has suggested expansion of the Meenambakkam airport and constructing a second runway to cater to the growing aviation needs of the southern metropolis.
The consultants for the airport expansion programme have recommended that a second runway be constructed on the other side of Adayar river and a new terminal building built between the two runways, official sources said here.
The Tamil Nadu government would look into the land acquisition requirements as per the recommendations of the consultants, they said.
While the state government wanted to have a greenfield airport and had shortlisted two sites at Oraguddam and Sriperumbudur areas, the Civil Aviation Ministry opined that if a greenfield airport was constructed, the existing airport would have to be closed down to make the greenfield project economically viable.
The continuance of the existing airport would deter private parties from investing in the greenfield airport, the sources said.
The Ministry also opined that considerable amount of investment has already been made at the Meenambakkam airport and urged the state government to sort out the hurdles coming in the way of land acquisition, they said.
The proposal for the expansion of Meenambakkam entails acquiring of 583 hectares of land on the northern side and adjacent to the existing airport. However, the acquisition proposal has hit rough waters due to large number of cases filed against any such move.
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New Delhi, .Jan 9 (PTI): Disagreeing with a proposal for a second greenfield airport at Chennai, the Centre has suggested expansion of the Meenambakkam airport and constructing a second runway to cater to the growing aviation needs of the southern metropolis.
The consultants for the airport expansion programme have recommended that a second runway be constructed on the other side of Adayar river and a new terminal building built between the two runways, official sources said here.
The Tamil Nadu government would look into the land acquisition requirements as per the recommendations of the consultants, they said.
While the state government wanted to have a greenfield airport and had shortlisted two sites at Oraguddam and Sriperumbudur areas, the Civil Aviation Ministry opined that if a greenfield airport was constructed, the existing airport would have to be closed down to make the greenfield project economically viable.
The continuance of the existing airport would deter private parties from investing in the greenfield airport, the sources said.
The Ministry also opined that considerable amount of investment has already been made at the Meenambakkam airport and urged the state government to sort out the hurdles coming in the way of land acquisition, they said.
The proposal for the expansion of Meenambakkam entails acquiring of 583 hectares of land on the northern side and adjacent to the existing airport. However, the acquisition proposal has hit rough waters due to large number of cases filed against any such move.
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