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The Civil Aviation Ministry has said it volition see sanctioning a Greenfield airdrome successful Udupi territory if the State authorities sends a connection successful accordance with the Greenfield Airport Policy, 2008.
Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu informed this to Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, precocious successful effect to the latter’s October 14, letter. He said, “I would similar to pass you that the Government of India has formulated the Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008, which provides guidelines, procedures and conditions for the constitution of caller Greenfield Airports successful the country.”
“As per the policy, if immoderate airdrome developer, including the State Government, desires to make an airport, they are required to place a suitable tract and get the Pre-feasibility Study conducted for the operation of the airdrome and taxable a connection to the Central Government for ‘Site Clearance’ followed by ‘In-Principle’ approval.”
Mr. Kinjarapu said the Ministry has not received immoderate connection for the operation of specified an airdrome astatine Nandikoor, Udupi district. “Whenever a connection for establishing a Greenfield airdrome is received from an airdrome developer oregon the applicable State government, it volition beryllium considered successful accordance with the Policy,” helium said.
Responding to this, Mr. Poojary said helium would instrumentality up the contented with the Karnataka government.
The MP had written to Mr. Kinjarapu successful October regarding the anticipation of establishing an International Sub-Airport astatine Nandikoor successful Kapu Taluk, Udupi district, arsenic suggested by Gurme Suresh Shetty, a section MLA. Out of the onshore allotted to Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) for its Thermal Power Plant, astir 900 acres of further onshore was expected to beryllium surrendered to the government. The surplus onshore could beryllium efficaciously utilised for the operation of an International Sub-Airport, helium wrote.
Mr. Poojary said currently, radical from Udupi, Kundapura, Karkala and Byndoor regions beryllium connected Mangaluru International Airport, which is astir 60 to 100 km distant and often remains heavy crowded. Establishing an airdrome astatine Nandikoor would greatly payment residents from these taluks by reducing question time.
