Greenfield Airport
On Monday, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, GM Siddeshwara, informed the Lok Sabha that the Taj International Greenfield airport project near Delhi has been revived by the NDA government. The project has been shelved for years. The Greenfield airport proposal pertains to a second airport near Delhi; but outside the 150-km restriction which [...] Continue Reading »
25 priority projects for the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) have been identified by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in consultation with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and three southern States. Majority of them are in Chennai and the rest will come up along the national highways of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.These projects [...] Continue Reading »
The Government is planning to build airports in smaller cities in the next 20 years. The plan is to build around 200 low-cost airports, with infrastructure a little bigger than a railway station. Under the Greenfield Airport Policy, fifteen low-cost airports would be taken up in the next few years. The government believes that the [...] Continue Reading »
