Cabinet releases Rs. 319.13 crore; decks cleared for land acquisition
Mysore/Mysuru: Just weeks after he presented the State Budget where he had announced that the Mysore Airport Runway Expansion will be taken up along with the Centre, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has released Rs. 319.13 crore for the project.
The consent to the project was given on Apr. 16 and the fund sanction will give a big boost to business in the Mysuru region. The Airport is located at Mandakalli on the outskirts of the city and is spread over 490 acres. The land will be acquired by the State Government and it will be handed over to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
The expanded runway where planes like Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 can land, a full-fledged 10-lane Economic Corridor between Mysuru and Bengaluru and Container Corporation of India’s (CONCOR) Multi-Modal Logistics Park at Kadakola are expected to be a game-changer for the region. It will build economic and industrial activities and also give a boost to tourism and education.
At present, only ATR-72 type planes can land at Mysore Airport that has a length of 1,740 metres and a breadth of 30 metres. To facilitate the landing of bigger planes, the runway must be expanded to 2,750 metres and its breadth has to extend up to 45 metres. Over 240 acres of additional land is required for the expansion.
The final notification has been issued for land acquisition with respect to 160.5 acres. In all, 206 acres and 22.5 gunta land has to be acquired. Preliminary notification will be issued for acquiring the remaining land and the State Cabinet has fixed compensation at the rate of Rs. 1.5 crore per acre.
KSSIDC as the nodal agency
Initially, the AAI had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for land acquisition. Now, the Cabinet has made the Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) Limited as the nodal agency that will oversee the transfer of land to AAI and also the expansion works.
The runway expansion project was mooted over 10 years ago and of the 240 acres of land required for the project, the KIADB had given the final notification for acquisition of 160 acres. But as per the rates and the demand from landowners, each acre had to be paid a compensation of Rs. 1.5 crore.
The process that was stuck till now will get momentum with the release of Rs. 319.13 crore. Also, the project is expected to be speeded up as there is no fund crunch and the landowners are willing to part with the land as their demand for a higher price has been met.
Underpass on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway
The expansion of the Airport is dependent on extending the runway which in turn depends on the 500-metre to 600-metre-long underpass that will be built on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway.
This is because the alignment of the runway and the Highway bisect each other. The underpass idea was mooted as the road diversion was an expensive proposition. Once the underpass is constructed, the Highway will pass below the extended runway.
The underpass will be constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the estimated project cost of Rs. 700 crore has also been factored in the cost of the underpass. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has already given the security clearance for the underpass.
“The expanded runway where planes like Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 can land, a full-fledged 10-lane Economic Corridor between Mysuru and Bengaluru and Container Corporation of India’s (CONCOR) Multi-Modal Logistics Park at Kadakola are expected to be a game-changer for the region. It will build economic and industrial activities and also give a boost to tourism and education.”
Add to the above the plan for a Hassan-Kodagu-Kerala highway, as well as the possible Wayanad -Mysore highway. The creation of Greater Mysore too.
Malayalee businessmen who operate in the gulf states cities of Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi etc.., who are gold smugglers into India through the 4 Kerala airports now, is said to be extremely happy with this airport expansion. They are planning to expand their smuggling operations to Mysore linking Nanjangud to Wayanad. Already a large number of Malayalees are ariving to settle in Mysore in its outer extensions. The smuggling crime ganf chiefs are hardened Malayalee crime bosses, very wealthy, have customs officers in their pockets reportedly bribing them through gold bars and jewels.
These Malayalee crime bosses are very adept in laundering their ill-gotten wealth , channelling through businesses located near the Mysore airport to the city corridor. Night clubs and gambling clubs could merge in the city.
Thus airlines like Emirates will operate from the above cities of the Gulf States to Mysore, as they get very good passenger traffic. .
Mysore will function as an extension of Kerala through Wayanad, Nanjangud within a decade. It will be no surprise , if Malayalam replaces Kannada, as the No1 spoken language in Greater Mysore then.
The Hawala money network originating from the Middle East, particularly from the Gulf States, operated by Keralite crime gangs, residing there, is already expanded to Nanjangud, Mysore city and halfway to Bangalore. The SOM reported the other day, the hijacking of a car with its passengers near Nanjangud by a Keralite Gang, and the police suspected that Hawala money transaction going wrong .
The 10-lane highway will ensure Bangalore is covered too. The MP Simha’s proposal for Hassan -Kerala highway through Kodagu will bring in more Keralite settlers. More Hawala activities.
The Gulf States Keralite Crime Gangs are rich, exploit the lax finance oversight environment and by-pass the rather strict financial legal environment of India to operate their very highly successful Hawala money network.
It appears that pressurised by Kerala government,-as their current 4 international airports are saturated with Keralite traffic, the Centre has approved this development for Bommai to implement. The Kerala government sees Greater Mysore as the area offering more space for Keralite settlements; the prominent Kerala MPs: Sahshi Tharoor ( Thiruvananthapuram) and Rahul Gandhi(Wayanad) are supporters for Keralite migration to Mysore.
Doha -Mysore nonstop is easily done by 737 or A320.
Mysore-Hong Kong too .
Mysore-Singapore with a stop over outside India.
Mysore-Bangkok, the latter the most attractive fleshspot in the world with drugs thrown in, just with a stop over outside India!
Oh, dear!!
Oh my! The lost city of Mysore will now get discovered ! Oh the horrors!
Drug smugglers from Russia! Flesh traders from Bangkok! Idiots from the internet! So many horrors!
So much of negativity? Why negative comments for a positive development? Offcourse the gowth will come at a cost. But we should appreciate the hard work done by those who have been following up to get Mysore on the charts of international tourism.
@Village Idiot
You are really an idiot, after all! Be proud of your minimal brain cells count!
Why did you get that Russian angle? They are hackers and not drug peddlers like you! You are also into this Flesh trading too in Mysore?
@Kiran
Just who are these foreigners who are waiting to come to Mysore?
@Village Idiot
You are really an idiot, after all! Be proud of your minimal brain cells count!
Why did you get that Russian angle? They are hackers and not drug peddlers like you! You are also into this Flesh trading too in Mysore?
@Kiran
Just who are these foreigners who are waiting to come to Mysore?
It is high time efforts are made to restore Belagavi-Mysuru flight suspended since two months due to issues faced by Trujet.Some other airlines like Spicejet, Indigo can be persuaded to start direct flights to Mysuru as many many people are likely to visit during the summer vacation.It may be recalled here that Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has already persuaded Indigo airlines to start direct flights from Hubballi to Mysuru starting from coming May 1, 2022.
I have born & bought up in Bangalore and must highlight that I am a hardcore Bangalorean by birth. I have seen this city transforming into to a metro hell in the name of development and going berseck without any respect for the culture of the place and getting abused right left & centre. Ofcourse development is welcome. But abusing the atmosphere & the charm a place & surrounding is not at all welcome. Whenever I visit Mysore it use to feel like my old Bangalore days. My request to all citizens of Mysore to not let Mysore become one more Bangalore in the name of development and make sure the heritage & the culture of the place is preserved with highest priority. And do not let external forces dominate the locals.