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Thursday, Nov 25, 2004
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Infrastructure Kerala revives Kannur airport plan Our Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram , Nov. 24 THE State Government has decided to pursue the long-standing proposal for developing an airport in Kannur. The State Cabinet took an in-principle decision on Wednesday to look into the possibilities of developing the airport on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. The Chief Minister, Mr. Oommen Chandy, told newspersons after the Cabinet meeting that the people's representatives and others from Kannur had approached him with the request to revive the proposal that was made some years ago, but did not take off. It may be recalled that when the proposal was first mooted, a few promoters such as Capt. Krishnan Nair of the Leela group had expressed interest in taking up the project. The Government had also acquired about 400 acres of land for the purpose. However, the proposal went into a limbo in the wake of questions being asked on the advisability of having a fourth airport in the State after Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode. The Chief Minister explained that the proposal was being revived in view of the upcoming Bekal tourism project and Ezhimala Naval Academy, apart from other development programmes, in the region. The Government would ask for feasibility reports on the proposal from the prospective developers and then approach the Centre for approval. And, if necessary, more land would be acquired for the airport, he said. Another issue that came up for discussion in the Cabinet was compensation to those whose land was acquired for Ezhimala Naval Academy. Mr Chandy said that land to the extent of 2,359 acres was acquired for the Academy, of which 200 acres was Government land. As of now, claims of more than 1,000 applicants are yet to be settled and the Cabinet decided to constitute a special cell under a tahzildar to look into the claims and decide on them within a year. The Cabinet approved the Road Safety Bill, while it decided to scrap the Unified University Bill in the light of criticisms and suggestions from various quarters, the Chief Minister said.
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