December 4, 2011 7:16 PM

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Round wall construction of proposed Kannur Intl Airport in Kerala progressing

The construction of the round wall of the proposed Kannur International Airport in Kerala is in progress. AIR correspondent reports that the one thousand crore rupees project is expected to be completed in three years.AIR correspondent reports, the tender for the proposed Kannur International Airport Survey at Moorkanparamb near Mattanur in Kannur district in Kerala has started. When the survey is completed the work of the Kannur airport will be streamlined. Moorkanparamb is 25 kilometre away from Kannur town.This airport will be built under public-private participation. Kannur International Airport Ltd.-KIAL- has been formed with Chief Minster as the Chairman. The cost of the share of the airport has been reduced from two lakh hundred rupees to fifty thousand so that local people can buy shares.More than two thousand acres are needed for the proposed airport. 1283 acres have already been acquired. 783 acres will be acquired in the third phase. The Union Government's nod for starting of the project was given in 1998 and the foundation stone was laid on 17th December 2010 by the then Civil Aviation Minister.When the Kannur airport is completed by three years, people from districts like Kannur, Kasargod, Wayanad, and some parts of Kozhikode will be benefited. That will be a landmark achievement in the history of North Kerala.

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