CM KCR strongly pitches for establishing six airstrips in Telangana

The State government has decided to develop six airstrips - Mamunur in Warangal district, Basant Nagar in Peddapalli district, Adilabad district headquarters, Palvancha in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Jakranpalli in Nizamabad district and Devarakadra in Mahabubnagar district in the State.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao strongly pitched with the Centre for speedy sanction of the proposed airstrips in six locations across the State. He took up the issue with Union Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola who called on the Chief Minister at Pragathi Bhavan on Saturday. He reminded that the State government had already made several appeals to the Centre in this regard.

The State government has decided to develop six airstrips – Mamunur in Warangal district, Basant Nagar in Peddapalli district, Adilabad district headquarters, Palvancha in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Jakranpalli in Nizamabad district and Devarakadra in Mahabubnagar district in the State. During the meeting, the Chief Minister emphasised the need for the airstrips and sought speedy approvals for the proposals from the Centre. Responding positively, the Union Civil Aviation Secretary assured to strive for expediting the sanction of airstrips in the State.

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Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Special Chief Secretary for Transport Sunil Sharma, engineer-in-chief Ravinder Rao and officials were present.

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