Adilabad Collector asked to acquire 700 acres of land for development of joint user Airport in Adilabad

The State authorities has directed Adilabad District Collector to get 700 acres onshore for improvement of joint-user airdrome successful the territory office town.

The inaugural is aimed astatine fulfilling the long-cherished imagination of denizens of Adilabad territory and its surrounding areas for aerial rider connectivity, authoritative sources said.

As portion of its ambitious plans to instrumentality up improvement of six determination airports successful Telangana, the State authorities had appointed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) arsenic a advisor to supply consultancy services for preparing the Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports (TEFRs) for the projected six airports.

Consequently, the TEFRs were submitted by AAI indicating feasibility successful respect of Adilabad territory taxable to definite clearances. Official sources said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has already agreed successful rule to the State government’s connection for civilian craft operations from Adilabad airfield successful April this year.

It whitethorn beryllium mentioned that an aged airstrip of the IAF is located connected the periphery of Adilabad town. The IAF suggested that the said airfield could beryllium developed arsenic a joint-user airfield with the AAI acquiring contiguous onshore for civilian terminal and different requisite infrastructure, a communique dated April 1, 2025, from the Ministry of Defence said.