As part of the
detailed exercise undertaken to finalise targets for key infrastructure sectors
for the fiscal, work on the Itanagar airport is to be started by the Airports
Authority of India and the total investment in AAI projects will be Rs. 2,100
crore. This apart, three new greenfield projects will be awarded during the
fiscal and these airports are to be located at Navi Mumbai, Goa and Kannur
(Kerala).
Alongside, new
international airports will be declared in three or four of the locations this
year, namely Lucknow, Varanasi, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Gaya.
“An airline hub policy
would be finalised and hubs would be operationalised in Delhi and Chennai in
FY13. By end-July 2012, additional PPP projects would be finalised for 10-12
existing airports and for 10-12 greenfield airports. These would be awarded
during the year,” the statement said while noting that PPP (public-private
partnership) in airport operations would be explored.
At a meeting held here
with the Ministers and Secretaries of the key infrastructure Ministries of
Power, Roads, Shipping, Civil Aviation and Coal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the detailed exercise undertaken to
finalise the targets.
“We are all aware of
the need to give a major push to these important sectors and today's exercise
is a part of our efforts in this direction.” The global economy, he said, was
passing through difficult times and there was “a flight to safety” taking place
globally. Besides, the persistent problem of rising international petroleum and
commodity prices and rising domestic demand along with supply-side bottlenecks
contributed to inflationary pressures.
“In these difficult
times, we must do everything possible to revive business and investor
sentiment. We must work to create an atmosphere which is conducive to
investment and to removing any bottlenecks to growth. We as a government are
committed to taking the necessary measures to reverse the present situation and
revive India's growth story. We are aware that we have to act on multiple
fronts to achieve this and we will indeed do all that is required of us,” he
said.
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