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The Centre has drawn up plans of building a new international
airport in Mumbai, even as evaluation of technical bids
by the government for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai
airports are underway and slated to be completed by
December end.
"We are exploring and trying to select a site for
another airport at Mumbai, which will be some distance
away from the city", Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay
Prasad told reporters on the sidelines of the Aerodrome
India 2005, an international exhibition and seminar,
which started on Wednesday.
Mumbai would get a new, large international airport
and two-three sites have been identified for the greenfield
project, for which a separate bid would be invited,
he said.
No time-frame has been determined set for inviting bids
for this new airport, as bids can be called only after
the organisations complete the "thorough and detailed"
studies, Prasad said.
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