BY A GT REPORTER
PANJIM: It’s not the end of the road for Mopa even if the Maharashtra government’s move to set up an airport at Chipi in Sindhudurg district fructifies, government officials said yesterday.
The process for setting up the international Mopa airport in Pernem taluka would go on, the officials told GT yesterday, citing the Government of India decision already taken to relax the norm of not allowing two airports within a radius of 150 kilometres.
Reacting to reports in a section of the media Director of Mopa Airport, N Mihir Vardhan said, as per the Greenfield Airport Policy, there can be two airports within a radius of 50 kilometre, provided there is justification for distribution of traffic.
Similar views were also echoed by Airports Authority of India’s, D Paul Manickam, who is Director of Dabolim Airport. Manickam told GT that the Government of India had relaxed the norm, which prohibits building two airports within a radius of 150 kilometres.
The proposd Mopa airport is 75 kilometres from the existing Dabolim airport. He also said, the proposed airport at Chipi in Malwan is a domestic airport while Mopa is proposed to be an international one even as both were operationally possible.
Manickam said it is for the private players to assess the financial viability of building the Mopa airport in a scenario where the one proposed at Chipi comes into existence.
PANJIM: It’s not the end of the road for Mopa even if the Maharashtra government’s move to set up an airport at Chipi in Sindhudurg district fructifies, government officials said yesterday.
The process for setting up the international Mopa airport in Pernem taluka would go on, the officials told GT yesterday, citing the Government of India decision already taken to relax the norm of not allowing two airports within a radius of 150 kilometres.
Reacting to reports in a section of the media Director of Mopa Airport, N Mihir Vardhan said, as per the Greenfield Airport Policy, there can be two airports within a radius of 50 kilometre, provided there is justification for distribution of traffic.
Similar views were also echoed by Airports Authority of India’s, D Paul Manickam, who is Director of Dabolim Airport. Manickam told GT that the Government of India had relaxed the norm, which prohibits building two airports within a radius of 150 kilometres.
The proposd Mopa airport is 75 kilometres from the existing Dabolim airport. He also said, the proposed airport at Chipi in Malwan is a domestic airport while Mopa is proposed to be an international one even as both were operationally possible.
Manickam said it is for the private players to assess the financial viability of building the Mopa airport in a scenario where the one proposed at Chipi comes into existence.
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