AAI team to assess sites for Bengaluru's second airport in April
Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil on Saturday announced that a multidisciplinary team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will visit the state in April to conduct a feasibility study for the second international greenfield airport in Bengaluru. Three locations have been identified for the project. The team is scheduled to visit the state between April 7 and 9, he said.
Patil stated that the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) has already paid a fee of Rs 1.21 crore to the AAI for the study.
Two sites on Kanakapura Road and one on the Nelamangala-Kunigal Road have been shortlisted for the proposed airport.
«We wrote to the Airports Authority on the 5th of this month, requesting an inspection of the final shortlisted sites for the proposed airport. As per their instructions, the team will visit,» he said.
Patil added that all necessary documents have already been prepared.
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«We have already prepared documents, including revenue maps of the identified sites, 10 years' worth of weather reports, detailed images of the sites' geographic features, maps from the Survey of India, and operational details of the proposed airport,» the minister stated in a release from his office.
According to him, the existing airport in Bengaluru is under immense pressure. Additionally, the restriction preventing the establishment of another airport within a 150 km radius will expire by 2033.
Keeping this in mind, work on the second airport is being