NIZAMABAD: Union minister for state for civil aviation Muralidhar Mohol on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that no proposal was received from the Telangana government to set up a greenfield airport at Jakranpally in Nizamabad district.
Replying to a question raised by Nizamabad BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind in the Lok Sabha, Mohol said that the Airport Authority of India (AAI) had conducted a pre-eligibility study at six places in Telangana state.
Sites for brownfield airports in Warangal, Adilabad and the greenfield airport at Jakranpally in Nizamabad district had been identified, Mohol said.
For the new airports, obstacle limitation services (OLS) surveys should be conducted and the consent of Union civil aviation ministry and other regulatory and statutory bodies must be secured, he said.
“The Airport Authority of India has suggested to the state government to get permissions from the authorities,” he said.
Meanwhile, Arvind met Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu in New Delhi and inquired over the delay in granting permission for the new airports. If the state government takes up and completes the OLS survey, the airport works will begin, the MP said. The state government should immediately react to proposals for the Jakranpally airport, he added.
Former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and incumbent Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had neglected the OLS survey, Arvind MP alleged.
He said that TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, Congress MLAs P. Sudarshan Reddy, R. Bhupathi Reddy should take initiative for the new airport at the state government level.
