DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Uttar Pradesh Government
has a proposal to set up an airport at a site, which is located
72 Kms from Delhi (IGI) Airport. The site has been found technically
suitable for an airport. Procedural
requirements envisaged in the Policy on Airport Infrastructure
1997, are required to be completed before the proposal is considered
by the Government of India for approval. Government has approved
construction of new international airports at Devanhalli near
Bangalore, Shamshabad near Hyderabad and Mopa in Goa.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shri Shripad
Yesso Naik in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
