Kerala has engaged a Central public sector firm to assess the impact of the proposed Sabarimala greenfield airport on all the present civil airports inside 150 km of it, together with the Madurai airport in Tamil Nadu. The Sabarimala airport has acquired ‘no objection’ from the Ministry of Defence.
Speaking to The Hindu, S. Harikishore, MD of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), the nodal agency for the proposed airport venture, mentioned the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) had given permission to the KSIDC to perform the impact evaluation and to get the information vetted by partaking a 3rd get together.
Eco, social impact
The Central PSU will submit the impact evaluation report by the top of this month. It will then be submitted to the Civil Aviation ministry to get approval for the location meant for the airport. The KSIDC has additionally been concurrently conducting environmental impact evaluation and social impact evaluation, the experiences of that are anticipated to be prepared by August. This will allow the State to get into full-fledged land acquisition procedures, mentioned Mr. Harikishore.
Mainly, the airport’s financial impact on the neighbouring airports could be assessed. It ought to be ensured that the brand new airport won’t have an effect on the site visitors and progress of the opposite three airports — Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Madurai. Secondly, the brand new airport mustn’t pose any threat since it’s working inside an aerial distance of 150 km from one other airport. Mostly, trendy navigation and communication units and operational procedures be sure that there isn’t a threat even when two airports function inside a small aerial distance.
According to the Greenfield Airports Policy (GFA) coverage, usually a greenfield airport won’t be allowed inside an aerial distance of 150 kilometres of an present airport. If a second airport is allowed within the shut neighborhood, the parameters for the distribution of site visitors between the 2 airports ought to be clearly spelt out.
