Airports Authority of India planning to set up air cargo hub in Udupi district
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Sat, Dec 9 2017 07:07:34 PM
Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)
Karkala, Dec 9: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has drawn up a plan to set up its cargo hub in the region, and has asked revenue department to acquire and hand over to it 2,500 acres of land.
The news has made the people of Inna, Belman, Mulladka, Mundkoor villages in the taluk as well as Palimar, Yellur, Santhoor, Nandikoor and other villages in Kaup taluk jittery as they are apprehensive of losing their land for this project.
It is said that such projects are also proposed to be executed in Mysuru, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi etc.
A decision to identify alternative land in three places of Udupi district was taken at a meeting of Airports Authority held at Bengaluru on June 1 this year.
It is said that the authority plans to manage traffic density in the international airport at Mangaluru in this way as it expects 56 aircrafts presently using he runway at Mangaluru per day to increase to 80 to 100 shortly.
Udupi district deputy commissioner has issued a notice to tahsildars of Karkala, Udupi and Kaup tauks to identify land for the said project and send a report thereof. The notice seeks to create international health city from Kaup lighthouse to Polipu beach, and for the proposed multi model new international airport and cargo hub for which it proposes to acquire land from Palimar, Mulladka, Mundkoor and Inna villages. Satellite images of the land that has be planned to be acquired from villages like Shiroor, Byndoor, Paduvari and Yadtare on the other end of the district, it is learnt. The taluks are expected to verify the satellite maps and provide details to the district administration.
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Nagpur Multi-modal International Air Cargo Hub' has air, rail and road connectivity. I think 'Udupi Multi-modal International Air Cargo Hub' will be real multi-mode transportation hub by having water transportation connectivity also.
Why not 'Health Knowledge City' along with 'Health City'? What we can wish for is all medical R&D, medical related IT/ITES works and medical devices manufacturing industries and pharmaceutical industries to be located in air cargo hub SEZ itself. Medical devices & parts, pharmaceuticals, jewelry (from Jewel Park), food, flower, textiles, garments, ship/boat spare parts, electronics, nanotech products, printed materials can be air cargo.
What about 'Film City'? As I said earlier even 'Karnad Sadashiva Rao Marine Knowledge City', 'Petroleum & Energy Knowledge City' can come up near the airport in Mangaluru Taluk. More land should be handed over to 'Belapu MU Campus'. Even 'Finance Knowledge & IT City' can be considered near airport.
So, if added both for DK & Udupi, requirement is 2,000 acres at Puttur and 2,500 acres in Udupi/Karkala/Kundpura for SAZ/SEZs. Whether land after acquisition will be handed over to private investors?
Can we expect '
Indian Institute of Logistics'?
Whether 'Shambhavi Waterway' would be developed as a part of air cargo hub /SEZ development? How many dams are planned along Shambhavi?