Tenders floated to study feasibility of shifting line Mysore/Mysuru: The South Western Railway has floated e-tenders to conduct a detailed survey aimed at assessing the feasibility of either relocating the existing railway line or constructing an underground passage on the Mysuru-Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar section specifically between kilometres 8/147 to 12/576 near Mysore Airport at Mandakalli. The current…
Land acquisition process is on: Airport Director
July 10, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Though the physical work of the runway expansion has not begun, the land acquisition process is in full swing to expand the runway, said Airport Director J.R. Anup. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, he said that the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has handed over 160 acres of land for the…
CII hosts EXCON Roadshow 2023 | Runway expansion critical for Mysore Airport: Director
November 18, 2023‘A pivotal step towards enhancing Mysuru’s economic prospects and positioning it as Bengaluru’s sister city’ Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Airport Director J.R. Anoop has underscored the urgent necessity of expanding the Mysore Airport runway to facilitate the operation of long-haul flights, ultimately boosting tourism, trade, commerce and various economic development activities. He was speaking at the EXCON…
Utilise Rs. 100 crore to clear land acquisition hurdles: MP
December 29, 2022Mysore Airport runway expansion project. Administrative glitches Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has asked the officials from the Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) Limited to complete the land acquisition process by the end of January 2023 to facilitate extension of the Mysore Airport runway. If the January-end deadline is met, the actual work…
Mysore Airport Runway Expansion: Second instalment of Rs. 100 crore released
November 22, 2022Funds will be transferred to KIADB for speedy land acquisition, says MP Mysore/Mysuru: Months after he announced that Rs. 319.13 crore will be released for the Mysore Airport Runway Expansion project, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has released the second instalment of Rs. 100 crore. The first instalment of Rs. 50 crore was released some time…
Mysore Airport runway expansion set to take off
April 17, 2022Cabinet 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…
Mysore Airport runway expansion: ‘Process will be speeded up’
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Expressing happiness over the release of funds for Airport expansion land acquisition, Mysore Airport Director R. Manjunath said that now that the land issue will surely be sorted out, the runway expansion process will be speeded up. “Due to MP Pratap Simha’s persistent efforts, we are seeing good results today. The Airports Authority of…
Will result in comprehensive development of Mysuru: MP
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “I have been trying for five years to get the State Government to release funds. In the process, I met three Chief Ministers. I thank Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Co-operation and District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Housing and Infrastructure Minister V. Somanna for the release of funds for the long-awaited project,” said Mysuru-Kodagu MP…
Airport runway expansion works to begin soon: MP Simha
November 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The runway of Mysore Airport must be expanded if they wanted to provide air connectivity to other cities within the State and important places in other States, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Speaking at the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting here yesterday, he said the current length of the runway was 17 km and…
Mysore Airport Runway Expansion: IAF to bear land acquisition costs; to set up helicopter base
January 24, 2019Mysuru: The land acquisition for the expansion of Mysore Airport runway at Mandakalli has begun and several acres have already been handed over to the Airports Authority of India. However, there are some stretches of land that are yet to be acquired and the expansion works will begin as soon as the State Government completes…
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