An amount of Rs 205 crore has been approved for Warangal airport.
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has given a great gift to Warangal. The government has directed to sanction an amount of Rs 205 crore to acquire over 280 acres of land for the development of Mamnoor airport here. This order came after GMR Group, which manages the Hyderabad airport, issued an NOC for the operation of the airport.
The government ordered
As per the government order, the Airports Authority of India had told the state government in July 2022 that it was ready to develop the Warangal airport for A-320 type aircraft under ‘Instrument Flight Rules’ operations. A “Master Plan” has been prepared for the operation of the A-320 aircraft, for which an additional land of 253 acres is required from the Government of Telangana free of cost and free of all encumbrances. AAI urged the state government to consider the proposal, expedite handover of the required land to the airport authority and grant NOC of Hyderabad International Airport Limited.
175 km from Hyderabad Airport
As per the agreement between the GMR Group, which manages the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation, any new or existing airport within an air distance of 150 kilometers from the Hyderabad Airport will be designated as a domestic or international airport by the Government. of India for 25 years from the date of inauguration will not be allowed to be developed, improved or “upgraded”. Mamnoor is located about 175 km by road from Hyderabad Airport.
Land acquisition work to be completed soon
If sources are to be believed, Telangana Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy held several meetings with GMR officials to get approval from the NOC. The state government officials have already written a letter to the AAI to prepare the DPR of the proposed airport. “Government grants permission to Warangal District Magistrate to acquire 280.30 acres of land for development of Mamnoor Airport and sanctions Rs 250 crore for land acquisition and directs to complete the land acquisition procedure at the earliest. “said the order. The government also directed the district magistrate to acquire 253 acres of additional land for expansion of the runway and hand it over to AAI. (entrance-agency)
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