Telangana will quickly have a second airport at Mamnoor in Warangal district, the primary being the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport at Shamshabad in Hyderabad, because the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has given the clearance for the venture, individuals acquainted with the matter mentioned on Tuesday.
Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, whereas addressing a rally, “Praja Palana Vijayotsava Sabha” (assembly to have fun victory of individuals’s governance), at Warangal on Tuesday, declared that the brand new airport will deliver a couple of main transformation within the improvement of Warangal metropolis, about 160 km away from Hyderabad.
“Many states within the nation have greater than two airports, some even 4 or 5. However Telangana has to this point just one airport. Now, the AAI has given the nod for growing the airport at Mamnoor in Warangal, which can go a good distance within the improvement of northern Telangana,” the chief minister mentioned.
On Sunday, the state authorities issued an order sanctioning ₹205 crore for buying over 280.3 acres of land for the event of Mamnoor airport at Warangal. The federal government order, which was seen by HT, mentioned the AAI had knowledgeable the state authorities that it is able to develop the Warangal airport for working A-320 kind of plane.
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“It (AAI) has come ahead tobear the infrastructure value, operational and upkeep of the proposed airport. A grasp plan has been ready for the operation of A-320 kind of plane for which a further land measuring 253 acres is required from the state authorities of Telangana, freed from value and free from all encumbrances,” the order mentioned.
The AAI additionally wished the state authorities to take up the proposal and expedite handing over of the required land to the airports physique and no-objection certificates from the Hyderabad Worldwide Airport Ltd.
The order mentioned that as per the concession settlement between GMR Group, which manages the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Hyderabad and the ministry of civil aviation, no new or present airport shall be permitted by the central authorities to be developed as, or improved or upgraded into, a home or worldwide airport inside an aerial distance of 150 km of the Hyderabad airport earlier than the twenty fifth anniversary of the opening date.
Since Mamnoor is situated about 175 km from Hyderabad airport, the GMR has given the no-objection certification for the brand new airport, after taking an approval at its board assembly on October 23.
The federal government additionally ordered the district collector to accumulate further land of 253 acres and hand it over to AAI for growth of the runway.
