Andhra Pradesh to have One District One Airport

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reported to have asked officials of Infrastructure and Investments Department to build the new airports with a capacity to handle even Boeing-type aircraft

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A PTI report quoted Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s statement on Thursday in which he asked the Infrastructure and Investments (I and I) Department to plan and build at least seven new airports in the State under the One District One Airport’ concept.

“The One District One Airport is a good concept, the Chief Minister said and asked the officials of I and I Department to build the new airports in identical fashion with a capacity to handle even Boeing-type aircraft,” a press release from the CMO said.

It is more than a year since the contract for development of a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district was awarded to the GMR Group but the work is yet to start due to hitches in land acquisition

“The Chief Minister made this point at a review meeting on the I and I Department. Andhra Pradesh now has 13 districts with functional airports in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Rajamahendravaram, Kurnool and Kadapa. The government initiated the process to create at least 12 new districts but the CMO note did not say if the proposed new districts, too, would have an airport each. The Chief Minister wanted the officials to take up the expansion of the existing airports by drawing up an action plan within a timeframe,” the report said.

According to the PTI report, it is more than a year since the contract for development of a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district was awarded to the GMR Group but the work is yet to start due to hitches in land acquisition.

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