Airport expansion in full swing
2:56 PM Posted by ukmad
Work on expansion of the Belgaum airport which had headed into rough weather due to trouble over land acquisition, has picked up pace over the last few months.
The government has been able to acquire all the 298 acres around the airport required to upgrade it and is ready to hand them over to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Rs.13.5 lakh per acre have been paid for the acqusition of land. Many people of Sambra had threatened to commit suicide in protest over the government acquiring their properties for the airport arguing that they would lose their livelihoods as their families had cultivated the fertile lands for many decades.
However, the government managed to pacify them by paying them huge compensation.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
Station road could be closed
11:00 AM Posted by ukmad
Station road could be closed
The Ministry of railways has sent a letter to the Cantonment Board asking permission for blocking the Station road (Amba Bhuvan to Railway station) citing the renovation of the Belgaum railway station.
The complete face off of the station is planned and for the same the railways need more space and as the said road passes through the railway owned property the cantonment board is also in a fix.
The said road was supposed to be repaired in the next month, all that has been put on hold.
This road is a short cut for many coming and going to bus stand etc from Tilakwadi. If the said road is closed for traffic it will cause a lot of hardships for the common man.
Source: Tarun Bharat
The Ministry of railways has sent a letter to the Cantonment Board asking permission for blocking the Station road (Amba Bhuvan to Railway station) citing the renovation of the Belgaum railway station.
The complete face off of the station is planned and for the same the railways need more space and as the said road passes through the railway owned property the cantonment board is also in a fix.
The said road was supposed to be repaired in the next month, all that has been put on hold.
This road is a short cut for many coming and going to bus stand etc from Tilakwadi. If the said road is closed for traffic it will cause a lot of hardships for the common man.
Source: Tarun Bharat
