Latest


Goa to float tender for second airport Oct 3

  •   Thu, Sep 25 2014 01:32:57 PM

Panaji, Sep 25 (IANS): The Goa government will float a Request for Qualification (RFQ) tender Oct 3 giving details of its second airport, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday.

Parrikar said the state needed another airport in addition to the existing Dabolim international airport which operates out of an Indian Navy base in Dabolim, located 30 kms south of Panaji.

"On Oct 3, the RFQ tender will be uploaded. On Tuesday, the cabinet will take the decision," Parrikar told a function in Panaji.

Land acquisition process for Goa's second, it's first greenfield airport, at the Mopa plateau located 50 kms north of Panaji has been completed, clearing ground for other modalities required for setting of the airport.

The airport is being projected as a hub for transportation and logistics, apart from passenger travel.

More than 10 years after it was proposed, the airport project was finally cleared by the erstwhile United Progressive Alliance (UPA) II regime.
  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Goa to float tender for second airport Oct 3



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like