hyderabad sources reported that the Centre has rejected a proposal to rename Tirupathi airport after Lord Venkateswara and the Vijayawada airport after former chief minister N.T. Rama Rao. Meanwhile the ministry of civil aviation said it had not considered these proposals because the policy related to renaming of airports has not been finalized.
Minister of state, ministry of civil aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri told Parliament “Since the above proposals were received before the formation of the present government (referring to YSRC government), the ministry has requested the state to convey the views of the newly elected government on the above proposals”. Furthermore Minister of state, ministry of civil aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri said in Parliament “To meet huge demand of civil aviation sector in Telangana state, GoI ministry of civil aviation has granted ‘site clearance’ approval to TSIIC for setting up of a green field airport at Kothagudem in Khammam district.”
Moreover he said that any new airport requires two stage clearances site clearance and ‘in-principle approval. The minister said “In the case of the proposed airport at Khammam, the site clearance has been granted and further development would depend on preparation of detailed project report (DPR), its economic viability and financial closure subject to the ‘in-principle’ approval”.
