AAI to submit revised master plan for expansion of Hubli airport
The Hindu.com
Staff Correspondent
Land requirement for the project to be reduced
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Land acquisition to begin after AAI submits its report
Government to give land free to the AAI for developing the airport
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HUBLI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will submit in a month a revised master plan for transforming the Hubli airport into an all-weather airport.
Addressing presspersons at the airport here on Saturday after holding discussions with AAI officials, Revenue Minister Jagadish Shettar said the AAI would minimise land requirement in residential areas for the project.
"During the visit of K. Ramalingam, Regional Executive Director of the Airports Authority of India to Hubli last month, we appealed to the AAI to avoid including residential areas as far as possible, and it was decided that a joint survey would be conducted. Now the AAI team led by I.N. Murthy, Deputy General Manager (Planning), is undertaking a joint survey with officials of the Revenue Department since June 8, which will be completed on Saturday," the Minister said.
He said the Revenue Department would take steps for acquisition of land after the AAI submitted the revised master plan.
The State Government would give the land free to the AAI for developing the airport, Mr. Shettar added. Dharwad South MP Prahlad Joshi said that keeping in mind the expansion plans for the airport, the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation and Hubli-Dharwad Development Authority had been asked to stop giving permission for new layouts and buildings in areas surrounding the airport.
Deputy Commissioner M.S. Srikar said: "There will be a temporary ban on giving permission for construction of buildings in areas around the airport until the AAI submits the revised master plan, which will clearly spell out the exact land requirement and demarcate the areas where land is required."
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AAI team begins survey for expansion of Hubli airport
AAI team begins survey for expansion of Hubli airport
The Hindu.com
Staff Correspondent
386.6 acres of land is required, according to master plan of Airports Authority of India
NITTY-GRITTY: Senior officials of Airports Authority of India talking to Minister Basavaraj Horatti (second from left) in Hubli on Thursday. M.S. Srikar, Deputy Commissioner and Pralhad Joshi, MP, are seen.
HUBLI: A three-member team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) visited the airport here on Thursday to conduct a joint survey along with officials of the State Revenue Department for the proposed expansion of the airport.
The team comprising I.N. Murthy, deputy general manager (Planning), S. Biswas, deputy general manager (Engineering) and M.N. Rao, deputy general manager (Architecture) did a preliminary survey of the airport on Thursday. They also held discussions in this regard with Primary and Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti; Pralhad Joshi, MP; and Dharwad Deputy Commissioner M.S. Srikar.
Residential areas
"The AAI team has been asked to give details of the land required for completing the technical requirements. While we have vacant land on one side of the existing airport, there are some residential areas on the other side. Our efforts will be to avoid residential areas as far as possible," Mr. Srikar told The Hindu .
The AAI has already prepared the master plan for transforming the Hubli airport into an all-weather airport, for which it requires 386.6 acres of land.
The Hindu.com
Staff Correspondent
386.6 acres of land is required, according to master plan of Airports Authority of India
NITTY-GRITTY: Senior officials of Airports Authority of India talking to Minister Basavaraj Horatti (second from left) in Hubli on Thursday. M.S. Srikar, Deputy Commissioner and Pralhad Joshi, MP, are seen.
HUBLI: A three-member team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) visited the airport here on Thursday to conduct a joint survey along with officials of the State Revenue Department for the proposed expansion of the airport.
The team comprising I.N. Murthy, deputy general manager (Planning), S. Biswas, deputy general manager (Engineering) and M.N. Rao, deputy general manager (Architecture) did a preliminary survey of the airport on Thursday. They also held discussions in this regard with Primary and Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti; Pralhad Joshi, MP; and Dharwad Deputy Commissioner M.S. Srikar.
Residential areas
"The AAI team has been asked to give details of the land required for completing the technical requirements. While we have vacant land on one side of the existing airport, there are some residential areas on the other side. Our efforts will be to avoid residential areas as far as possible," Mr. Srikar told The Hindu .
The AAI has already prepared the master plan for transforming the Hubli airport into an all-weather airport, for which it requires 386.6 acres of land.
HDMC ask police to ban entry of ore trucks
HDMC ask police to ban entry of ore trucks
Source: HDMC Website
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has decided to request Hubli- Dharwad Police Commissioner Narayan Nadmani to impose a ban on the entry of iron ore trucks with' immediate effect.
The demand follows lorry owners' association's refusal to pay Rs 1 crore as their contribution towards the building of a seperate bypass road for iron ore trucks without entering Hubli City.
HDMC Commissioner Manivannan told Deccan Herald that the corporation, in its general body meeting recently, had unanimously adopted a resolution urging police authorities to strictly ban the movement of iron ore trucks inside the city as they would damage the new roads laid a cost of Rs 30 crore.
A copy of this resolution has already been sent to the state government as well as Hubli-Dharwad Cammissionerate of police far necessary action.
Since lorry owners association has refused to contribute its share it had became inevitable far the corporation to ask police authorities to a impose a ban on the entry of iron, ore trucks into Hubli. "The HDMC has borrowed Rs 30 crore loan from banks to' improve roads inside Hubli City and we are not ready to allow those trucks to damage them. It is tax payer's money and it has to' be spent for right purpose" .
He said the corporation did not have powers to collect toll from those trucks. That job had to be done by the government alone by stationing men and machines at various points. One of the options before the HDMC was to request some reputed contractors to take up road construction work on "BOT" (build, operate and transfer) basis so that they could collect toll from such trucks.
HDMC in due consultation with district administration would certainly take an appropriate decision within next one week. "The corporation has a duty to protect interest of citizens and whatever decision we take has to help them".
Source: HDMC Website
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has decided to request Hubli- Dharwad Police Commissioner Narayan Nadmani to impose a ban on the entry of iron ore trucks with' immediate effect.
The demand follows lorry owners' association's refusal to pay Rs 1 crore as their contribution towards the building of a seperate bypass road for iron ore trucks without entering Hubli City.
HDMC Commissioner Manivannan told Deccan Herald that the corporation, in its general body meeting recently, had unanimously adopted a resolution urging police authorities to strictly ban the movement of iron ore trucks inside the city as they would damage the new roads laid a cost of Rs 30 crore.
A copy of this resolution has already been sent to the state government as well as Hubli-Dharwad Cammissionerate of police far necessary action.
Since lorry owners association has refused to contribute its share it had became inevitable far the corporation to ask police authorities to a impose a ban on the entry of iron, ore trucks into Hubli. "The HDMC has borrowed Rs 30 crore loan from banks to' improve roads inside Hubli City and we are not ready to allow those trucks to damage them. It is tax payer's money and it has to' be spent for right purpose" .
He said the corporation did not have powers to collect toll from those trucks. That job had to be done by the government alone by stationing men and machines at various points. One of the options before the HDMC was to request some reputed contractors to take up road construction work on "BOT" (build, operate and transfer) basis so that they could collect toll from such trucks.
HDMC in due consultation with district administration would certainly take an appropriate decision within next one week. "The corporation has a duty to protect interest of citizens and whatever decision we take has to help them".
HDMC ask police to ban entry of ore trucks
HDMC ask police to ban entry of ore trucks
Source: HDMC Website
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has decided to request Hubli- Dharwad Police Commissioner Narayan Nadmani to impose a ban on the entry of iron ore trucks with' immediate effect.
The demand follows lorry owners' association's refusal to pay Rs 1 crore as their contribution towards the building of a seperate bypass road for iron ore trucks without entering Hubli City.
HDMC Commissioner Manivannan told Deccan Herald that the corporation, in its general body meeting recently, had unanimously adopted a resolution urging police authorities to strictly ban the movement of iron ore trucks inside the city as they would damage the new roads laid a cost of Rs 30 crore.
A copy of this resolution has already been sent to the state government as well as Hubli-Dharwad Cammissionerate of police far necessary action.
Since lorry owners association has refused to contribute its share it had became inevitable far the corporation to ask police authorities to a impose a ban on the entry of iron, ore trucks into Hubli. "The HDMC has borrowed Rs 30 crore loan from banks to' improve roads inside Hubli City and we are not ready to allow those trucks to damage them. It is tax payer's money and it has to' be spent for right purpose" .
He said the corporation did not have powers to collect toll from those trucks. That job had to be done by the government alone by stationing men and machines at various points. One of the options before the HDMC was to request some reputed contractors to take up road construction work on "BOT" (build, operate and transfer) basis so that they could collect toll from such trucks.
HDMC in due consultation with district administration would certainly take an appropriate decision within next one week. "The corporation has a duty to protect interest of citizens and whatever decision we take has to help them".
Source: HDMC Website
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has decided to request Hubli- Dharwad Police Commissioner Narayan Nadmani to impose a ban on the entry of iron ore trucks with' immediate effect.
The demand follows lorry owners' association's refusal to pay Rs 1 crore as their contribution towards the building of a seperate bypass road for iron ore trucks without entering Hubli City.
HDMC Commissioner Manivannan told Deccan Herald that the corporation, in its general body meeting recently, had unanimously adopted a resolution urging police authorities to strictly ban the movement of iron ore trucks inside the city as they would damage the new roads laid a cost of Rs 30 crore.
A copy of this resolution has already been sent to the state government as well as Hubli-Dharwad Cammissionerate of police far necessary action.
Since lorry owners association has refused to contribute its share it had became inevitable far the corporation to ask police authorities to a impose a ban on the entry of iron, ore trucks into Hubli. "The HDMC has borrowed Rs 30 crore loan from banks to' improve roads inside Hubli City and we are not ready to allow those trucks to damage them. It is tax payer's money and it has to' be spent for right purpose" .
He said the corporation did not have powers to collect toll from those trucks. That job had to be done by the government alone by stationing men and machines at various points. One of the options before the HDMC was to request some reputed contractors to take up road construction work on "BOT" (build, operate and transfer) basis so that they could collect toll from such trucks.
HDMC in due consultation with district administration would certainly take an appropriate decision within next one week. "The corporation has a duty to protect interest of citizens and whatever decision we take has to help them".
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