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Could understand the cost figure of 1.2 lakh cores for NH-75 Economic Eorridor development only after adding costs for developing all investment regions including in Hassan, Tumakur etc. But even after adding costs of a few hundreds of hublot watches still it is very very difficult to explain Rs.12,000 crores cost for extending runway.
CISF seeks to end stamping of hand baggage tags at 10 more airports including Mangaluru
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Rs 4,000 crore needed for runway extension at Mangaluru airport, says fresh proposal
Good that the cost has come down after re-estimation. Generally this will not happen as as time moves forward cost will also move forward unless somebody has discovered a special watch to move in reverse direction - means deflation. Still the following sentence is confusing.
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the authority has estimated that Rs 4,000 crore would be needed for land acquisition.
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If we opt for 'Amphibian Highspeed Boats' (hoping they have fuel efficiency comparable to normal highspeed boats) then we not require airport tunnel connectivity to Gurupura river. In addition amphibians can enter heart of Mangalore & Udupi cities and even can go upto Manipal.
Mangaluru Inc wants airport upgraded
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“With two million passengers in FY 16-17, it’s further expected that the growth percentage would be higher than previous years in the years to come. We have heard Mangalore airport may be downgraded for International flights after DGCA recommendation that 240 m be provided for usable RESA. The usable runway should not be cut down. This can be done by constructing additional 60 m of runway length and providing lights on elevated towers from the slope area below. A proposal has also been submitted to the Centre to sanction the extension of runway length of MIA from 2,450 m to 3,050 m by acquiring 62 acres of land with a project cost of Rs 600 – 700 crore.
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Extension of runway at MIA: Who should bell the cat?
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Going by the recent developments, it is clear that the runway extension at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) has been shelved as the state government is delaying the acquisition of 62 acres of land required to extend the runway length up to a distance of 3050 metre which is mandatory for wide bodied aircraft to land in MIA.
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A great deal of reluctance is seen on the part of the Government of Karnataka (GOK) to consider the proposals of airport development in Mangaluru who should therefore be more concerned with the regional development plan when such plans are offered to it. But it is apparently seen that it is being cold shouldered time and again.
It may be mentioned here that the land acquisition proposal was submitted to the government as early as in 2006 as per the master plan prepared by Airports Authority of India (AAI) which had requested the agencies concerned to reserve the land for airport development purposes.
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Rs 4,800 cr proposal
Quite interestingly, the latest proposal submitted by AAI for constructing 3500 metre length of the runway in MIA is over Rs 4,800 crore. On the other hand, if the required length of the runway is limited to operation of an aircraft of the type Boeing 767 or 777, a length of 3050 meter will suffice and the cost will be drastically reduced.
The story will be incomplete if it is not mentioned here that already AAI has a stretch of land of dimension 3100metre x 150metre (several places strip is being developed), including the present runway available with it on the hill top and it requires only 240x90 metre area of land on both the sides to be acquired to provide Runway End Safety Area (RESA) and 600x60 metre land for providing precision approach landing lights.
Thus, the airport requires hardly 79 acres of land for extending the runway. The part of this land is available with AAI at the central portion and the land to be acquired is attached to this land all along.
The next best thing what the GOK can do is to bring down the cost of filling the valley to initiate an aeronautical survey on the feasibility, instead of extension of present runway 06/24 to provide runway 07/25 anew from the present start of runway 06 on the new integrated terminal building side. For this will make ample land available without disturbing valley.
The runway may pass through old terminal building area and will not affect populous area. This runway 07/25 can get land for runway length up to a distance exceeding 4000meters if properly planned. Since AAI has already developing a parallel Taxiway filling the valleys, it will release a great amount of land for runway strip of 300 metre width. This proposal should be given proper weight. This will also enhance safety in every respect for the aircraft operations.
But who should bell the cat?
(M R Vasudeva, former airport director, Mangalore International Airport, is instrumental in overall development of the airport, including land acquisition and developing second runway)
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IndiGo Announces Six New Flights including Mumbai-Mangalore (Rs. 2,243) and Mangalore-Mumbai (Rs. 2,185)
Mangalore should also get direct connection with Guwahati, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna and Kolakata with a in between stop at Mumbai or Hyderabad. If Governor Acharya, who is interesting in developing close ties between Seven Sisters and Tulunadu, tries then connection to Guwahati may become a reality soon. This will give boost to & fro tourism including educational tourism. We also want connectivity to Madurai & Vijayawada.
Coimbatore to get flight connectivity with Mangalore
AAI to display artworks at Mangaluru airport
'Passengers preferring Kannur airport is wrong notion'
Rs. 100 crores new wing for MIA: Director V V Rao
Mangaluru airport to get exclusive section for international passengers
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A separate section meant exclusively for the use of international passengers is being added to the airport here at a cost of Rs 100 crore. This was stated by director of the airport, V V Rao.
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He explained that the new section with have a 9,000 sq metres building, two aerobridges, and three conveyor belt canopies. "At present, we have three conveyor belts out of which two are used for domestic passengers and the other one for international passengers. Once the new facility comes up, both domestic and international travellers will get three belts each," he stated. He also pointed out that the currently the airport building is spread over 18,000 sq metres.
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Rao said that L&T Ltd had been entrusted with the task of conducting study about the possibility of extending the current runway here and to suggest different choices.
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New flight from Mangaluru to Chennai to start from October 1
MIA confident of holding out competition from Kannur