Kannur AP: Work on runway to start this year

Friday, March 23, 2012: Minister for Excise and Ports K Babu had said that work on construction of the runway for the proposed Kannur international airport would begin by this year end.
Replying to a submission in the assembly, he said of the 2,200 acres required for the project, 1,277 acres had already been acquired. The acquisition work for taking over another 783 acres was in progress. Government had assigned the Centre for Earth Science Studies to get the necessary environmental clearance from the Centre for the project.
The Expert Appraisal Committee to decide on the clearance had met in New Delhi last month and approved the terms of reference, he said. A detailed project report for the Kannur International Airport Limited was being prepared by experts with the Cochin International Airport Limited. The report was expected within a month, the minister said.