Chennai: Soon, one can expect a 20-seater or a 40-seater passenger aircraft to land in a civilian airport in Kanyakumari or Rameswaram, if one goes by civil aviation ministry’s proposal to connect smaller towns with larger ones in the country. According to ministry sources, Rameswaram and Kanyakumari have huge tourism potential, but lack of air connectivity is hampering their growth.
“I have been to Madurai several times. But I have not found the time to travel four hours to visit Rameswaram temple,” said banking professional Viswanathan Iyer, who hails from Baroda. Madurai is the nearest airport to Rameswaram and it is 170 km away. Similarly, people from Kanyakumari are forced to travel 100 km to take flights from Thiruvananthapuram airport. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman V.P. Agrawal said the duty of the ministry was to identify potential airports across the country, whereas, it was only the state government that had to apply for new airports.
Read news in full 03/10/13 S Sujatha/Deccan Chronicle
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Fly over to Rameswaram soon
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