The Central Government has given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up greenfield airports at Aranmula and Kannur in Kerala, apart from airports at Navi Mumbai and Mopa (Goa), President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. He was addressing a joint session of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session.
The Kerala Government had earlier given the go-ahead to the country’s first private international greenfield airport project at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district, which is being developed by KGS Aranmula International Airport Ltd.
The proposed airport is coming up about 80 km away from Sabarimala Temple and 130 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
The greenfield airport in Kannur is being developed as a joint venture project on the lines of the Cochin International Airport Ltd.
“India is the ninth largest civil aviation market in the world. Kolkata and Chennai airports now have new terminals,” the President said.
“My government has given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up greenfield airports at Aranmula and Kannur in Kerala, apart from airports at Navi Mumbai and Mopa,” he added.
Mukherjee said his government was committed to revive the economy and initiate steps to boost investment and economic activityhttp://newindianexpress.com/nation/article1474171.ece
Aranmula airport: VS flays reference in President’s addressOpposition leader V S Achuthanandan on Thursday condemned the inclusion of Aranmula airport project in the President’s address to Parliament. The reference has been made disregarding the fact that the proposed project is on encroached government land and is being implemented flouting all norms, Achuthanandan said.
He said in a statement that Aranmula airport project could not be compared with the Kannur airport project which is implemented under the leadership of the State Government abiding by all norms.
It’s Politically Motivated: Sugathakumari Pathanamthitta: Poet and environmentalist Sugathakumari termed the President’s declaration in the Parliament, on the proposed Aranmula airport project, as politically motivated.
She said in a statement that the government should be blamed for misguiding the President. She said that nine existing laws will have to be violated for setting up the airport.
Meanwhile, CPI district secretary P Prasad alleged that the declaration proves that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son-in-law Robert Vadra are behind the promoters of the project. http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1474256.ece
The Kerala Government had earlier given the go-ahead to the country’s first private international greenfield airport project at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district, which is being developed by KGS Aranmula International Airport Ltd.
The proposed airport is coming up about 80 km away from Sabarimala Temple and 130 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
The greenfield airport in Kannur is being developed as a joint venture project on the lines of the Cochin International Airport Ltd.
“India is the ninth largest civil aviation market in the world. Kolkata and Chennai airports now have new terminals,” the President said.
“My government has given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up greenfield airports at Aranmula and Kannur in Kerala, apart from airports at Navi Mumbai and Mopa,” he added.
Mukherjee said his government was committed to revive the economy and initiate steps to boost investment and economic activityhttp://newindianexpress.com/nation/article1474171.ece
Aranmula airport: VS flays reference in President’s addressOpposition leader V S Achuthanandan on Thursday condemned the inclusion of Aranmula airport project in the President’s address to Parliament. The reference has been made disregarding the fact that the proposed project is on encroached government land and is being implemented flouting all norms, Achuthanandan said.
He said in a statement that Aranmula airport project could not be compared with the Kannur airport project which is implemented under the leadership of the State Government abiding by all norms.
It’s Politically Motivated: Sugathakumari Pathanamthitta: Poet and environmentalist Sugathakumari termed the President’s declaration in the Parliament, on the proposed Aranmula airport project, as politically motivated.
She said in a statement that the government should be blamed for misguiding the President. She said that nine existing laws will have to be violated for setting up the airport.
Meanwhile, CPI district secretary P Prasad alleged that the declaration proves that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son-in-law Robert Vadra are behind the promoters of the project. http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1474256.ece
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