Panel to study expansion of Kovai airport soon

The committee would help in negotiating and arriving at a conclusion on the compensation to be provided to the owners, while acquiring the land for expansion, which was a long pending project, Velumani said. Talking to reporters after a high-level meeting on airport expansion project, Velumani said being an industrial hub, both textile and engineering, not only the passenger facility, but also the increase in cargo traffic have to be considered while expanding the airport. Besides Coimbatore, exports from Tirupur will also get a boost and more investments will come to the region, he said. 

Chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, civil aviation secretary Rajeev Choube and AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra  participated.