CM HDK assures land to build new airport at Mysuru

Team Udayavani, Oct 20, 2018, 12:00 PM IST

Mysuru: Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has agreed to grant around 300 acres to build a new airport at Mysuru.

“Met @CM of Karnataka and discussed issues related to aviation. He agreed to give about 300 acres of land for a new airport,” tweeted Prabhu after he spent a day here on the Vijayadashami day. 

Mysuru is currently having an airport which is run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) which contains a terminal, apron, air traffic control tower and a runaway.

“The additional land will enable us to build full-fledged airport at Mysuru, as it has many tourist attractions and is well located at an equidistance from mini cities in the region,” said Prabhu on the occasion.

Prabhu has also assured Kumaraswamy of working together for the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) airport as part of the Central government’s Udan project.

“We shall fulfil our PM Shri @narendramodi ji’s Mission,” said Prabhu in another tweet.

“We had an excellent discussion to jointly work to make Indian coffee a global brand,” tweeted Prabhu.