Decks cleared for Mohali international airport

New Delhi, March 3
Decks were cleared yesterday for the execution of international airport at Mohali with the signing of an agreement for the formation of a joint venture company “Chandigarh International Airport Pvt Ltd.” for undertaking the project.
The agreement was signed between the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Punjab government through the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the Haryana government through HUDA at Ministry of Civil Aviation headquaters here. AAI chairman VP Agrawal, GMADA’s chief administrator VP Singh and HUDA chief administrator TC Gupta signed the agreement.
The project is to be developed over an area of over 300 acre of land at Jheourheri village in Mohali.
An MoU was signed between the Centre and the states on January 4 for the development of international airport, Mohali, with 51 per cent of equity share of Government of India and 24.5 per cent each of Punjab and Haryana governments.
A non-official resolution was also passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for naming the airport as Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, which was forwarded to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal took up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, an official spokesman said.