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Let There Be Flights: Enthused By Dasara Success, Karnataka To Provide 300 Acres For New Airport At Mysuru
Swarajya Staff
Oct 21, 2018, 01:37 PM | Updated 01:37 PM IST
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Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, has said that his government will provide 300 acres to build a new airport in Mysuru, according to a tweet by Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Since 2010, a small airport has been functional on the outskirts of Mysuru at Mandakalli. A full-fledged airport will be developed after the acquisition of the land that is required for the project. This comes as part of the plan to develop Mysuru into a round-the-year tourism destination.
There, however, seems to be a little confusion over the matter as Prabhu claims that a new airport will be built, while the state government says the existing airport will be further developed.
Met @CMofKarnataka Shri HD Kumaraswamy and discussed issues related to aviation. CM agreed to give around 300 acres land for a new world class airport which we will build in Mysuru which has so many tourist attractions and is so well located equidistant from many important cities https://t.co/UdplxgW6NB
— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) October 19, 2018
The land is expected to be given to Airports Authority of India (AAI) within the next three months. Special Land Acquisition Officers are being put on the task, both from the state and Centre to speed up the process, Star of Mysore reported.
Prabhu was in the state to witness the Dasara celebrations at Mysuru. The acquisition of land is being done through the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), BJP MP for Mysuru, Pratap Simha, said.
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