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Telangana's small towns to get airports

Hyderabad - While the Khammam airport has been proposed at Kothagudem, the Warangal airport has been proposed at Mamnoor.

Telangana, the newest state in India, has drawn up ambitious plans to develop airports in smaller towns to improve connectivity in the region that remained backward for a long time.
The Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has given a go-ahead for land acquisition for building airports near Adilabad, Warangal, Khammam and Nizamabad towns. The proposals will soon be submitted to the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for approval.
While the Khammam airport has been proposed at Kothagudem, the Warangal airport has been proposed at Mamnoor. The government has offered to allot an additional 225 acres at Mamnoor in Warangal for restoration of the Nizam-era airport. Keen to ensure speedy land acquisition for the proposed airports, the chief minister asked the Infrastructure and Investment Department to pursue these proposals with the centre more rigorously.
He also urged the centre to expand the proposed Air Force Station in Adilabad to offer civil aviation services for which additional land would be provided. The government has proposed to set up a greenfield airport in Kothagudem, the coal belt town. It has already identified land to an extent of 1,600 acres at Punukuduchelka village in Kothagudem mandal, which is 240-km (aerial distance) from Hyderabad international airport. As per the procedure, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will order for a pre-feasibility study, soon after receiving proposals from the state government, based on which a final decision on setting up these airports will be taken by the Centre, the officials said. The Telangana government has already engaged the consultancy firm RITES Ltd to undertake a pre-feasibility study on these airports. The firm has completed the pre-feasibility study of Kothagudem airport and has found the project to be viable.
"Similar studies will be undertaken for other airports also, which would be useful in securing approvals from the centre," an official said. The government is keen on completing land acquisition for all airports within a year and hand them over to the civil aviation department so that the projects can be executed fast without any hurdles.
Goverment gives go ahead for land acquisition
> Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao gives a go-ahead for land acquisition for building airports near Adilabad, Warangal, Khammam and Nizamabad towns
> Khammam airport proposed at Kothagudem,
> Warangal airport has been proposed at Mamnoor
> Government to allot an additional 225 acres at Mamnoor in Warangal for restoration of the Nizam-era airport
> Govt-appointed private firm completes the pre-feasibility study of Kothagudem airport and finds the project to be viable
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