Telangana To Develop 6 Airports

The government of Telangana is seeking the help of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop 6 airports in the state.

The state government has been asked to give a detailed report on an aeronautical survey for all the airports — 3 greenfields and 3 brownfields. The government has proposals to develop airports at Mamnoor near Warangal, Kothagudem and Adilabad district.

3 more airports have been suggested at Jakranpally in Nizamabad, Gudibanda in Mahbubnagar, and Basanthnagar in Peddapally.

As per the sources, the Union Ministry of Defence is interested in developing Adilabad airport, while the AAI is interested in Warangal airport. The Telangana government, which developed Shamshabad airport, cannot develop any other airport within a 150 km radius i.e. Warangal, according to the agreement it had with GMR.

It is also erudite that the AAI has identified an airstrip near Warangal about 157 km from Shamshabad to overcome the 150-km hurdle. So, there is no need to request NOC from GMR to develop the airport by the state government.