President Pranab
Mukherjee, while addressing the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday, said
“the Centre has given in-principle clearance to set up greenfield airports at
Aranmula in Kerala, Navi Mumbai, Mopa and Kannur.”
KGS Group, a
Chennai-based company, had earlier announced its plan to set up the KGS
Aranmula International Airport at an estimated cost of Rs.2,000 crore by 2012.
The company had purchased 240 acres of land from a private company, Aranmula
Aviation Ltd, to set up the airport.
KGS managing director
Giji George said the runway length of the proposed airport would be 3100 X 45
metres and the terminal building would be designed to handle 1,000 passengers
at a time. The proposed airport is expected to cater to the travel needs of
Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki and Alappuzha districts, which have been
identified as the “influential zone”, he said.
Mr. George said
the company had obtained the approval for setting up the airport in Aranmula
from the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of
Home Affairs and the Government of Kerala. A statement from the company said
the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF) had given approval for the project and the company was awaiting clearance
from the MoEF.
KGS Group is
planning to develop an aeropolis attached to the airport along with a special
economic zone, hospital, shopping mall, hotels and an international schoo
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