Lucknow: The state government has scrapped the airport project proposed in Kanpur Dehat following its decision to provide 50 acres of land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop a civil enclave at Chakeri Air force station in Kanpur city.
The decision was taken at a meeting held between Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani and officials of several departments, including Civil Aviation.
Usmani is learnt to have directed officials to send a request to the Union Ministry of Defence to equip the Chakeri airport with facilities for night landing of flights.
The Chakeri airport is under the control of Ministry of Defence and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) uses the Ministry's building and other set-ups to operate flights.
Read news in full 27/10/13 Lalmani Verma/Indian Express
Sunday 3 November 2013
Govt scraps airport project in Kanpur
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