26.11.12

Agra International Airport


The UP state tourism department has hired consultants to find a suitable site for international airport in Agra. The department has approved a consortium of experts comprising RITES Limited and KPMG Advisory Services Private Limited for the purpose and a letter of intent has been issued to the companies.
Sources said the consultancy service agreement will be executed within 15 days. But prior to that, the firms have to send the acknowledgement of acceptance within a week of receiving the letter of intent. The international airport in Agra-Mathura circuit will cater to the needs of tourists visiting these two cities.
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had mooted the idea of an international airport during his visit to the two cities recently. And within next four days, the tourism department prepared a “concept report” on it. The report termed the idea an international airport in the area as a “hot selling proposition". To back the claim, it cited the number of foreign tourists visiting the city every year. As per the plan, the airport will built on private-public partnership (PPP) model and likely to be completed by 2017.

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