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Rajya Sabha
The Government has given in principle approval for construction of a new Greenfield airport at MOPA in Goa for which the State Government has got a Technical Feasibility Report prepared. Besides, there are also plans for construction of greenfield airports at Navi Mumbai, Chakan near Pune, Ludhiana in Punjab, Kannur in Kerala, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kohima in Nagaland which are in preliminary stages. This information was given by Shri Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
At present there are two ongoing Greenfield airport projects, one at Devanahalli near Bangalore and the other at Shamshabad near Hyderabad are in progress. Government of India has already entered into Concession Agreements with the project companies of these Greenfield airports. The project company for Devanahalli airport, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), has already executed the relevant project agreements and the Financial Close has been achieved by it on 23rd June, 2005. As per the Concession Agreement entered by Government of India with BIAL, the new airport at Devanahalli is required to be completed within 33 months from the date of Financial Close.
The project agreements for Shamshabad Hyderabad airport are in different stages of execution. The project Company for this airport i.e. Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL) is required to complete this project within 36 months from the date of financial close, as per the Concession Agreement entered by Government of India with HIAL. Financial Close is expected to be achieved by September 2005.
At present, there is no proposal for second airport at New Delhi.
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