Aero India venue is forest land, says Karnataka’s Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre

Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre connected Tuesday (April 28) said that the Yelahanka Air Force Station, the venue for the biennial Aero India, is classified arsenic wood land.

Delivering the keynote code astatine a store connected utmost vigor and its interaction connected Bengaluru, Mr. Khandre said, “The Air Force basal successful Gantiganahalli, wherever the planetary aerial amusement is held each 2 years, is classified arsenic wood land. About 159 acres successful Gantiganahalli colony is simply a reserved wood area. If the Indian Air Force (IAF) submits a connection for diversion and provides alternate onshore we volition see it.”