Upgrade Hubballi Airport to international standards instead of building a new one, State govt. urged
The Hindu
Trade bodies in North Karnataka advocate upgrading Hubballi airport to international standards instead of building a new airport in Bengaluru.
Even as the State government is going ahead with its plan to build a second international airport on the outskirts of Bengaluru, trade and industry bodies of North Karnataka have emphasised the need for developing the existing airport in Hubballi as an international airport.
While North Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (NKSSIA) coordinated a meeting of various associations of industrialists and professionals from the region last month. It is now pursuing the matter with the competent authorities.
The Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), a representative body of merchants and industrialists of North and Central Karnataka, too has emphasised the need for upgrading the Hubballi airport to international standards.
In the meeting held on NKSSIA premises, representatives from 13 associations, including Architects Association, Civil Engineers Association, IMA, industrialists from industrial estates in Tarihal, Gamanagatti, APMC Merchants Association, took part and stressed the need for developing the existing airport in Hubballi.
President of NKSSIA Girish Nalawadi and other speakers at the meeting emphasised why it is important to develop the existing airport instead of acquiring huge tracts of agricultural land for a new airport. They said that a total of 927 acres of land is available at the Hubballi Airport and the land acquisition itself was aimed at developing an international airport.
Subsequently, Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) wrote to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief MInister D.K. Shivakumar, Ministers M.B. Patil, G. Parameshwar and Santosh Lad on the issue.
In a press release issued on behalf of KCCI, honorary secretary of KCCI Ravindra Baligar has said that KCCI is of the opinion that instead of taking up land acquisition again on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the government should utilise the existing airport and upgrade it to meet international standards.
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