The proposed airport site is about 130km away from Ahmedabad and will be useful for both passenger and cargo purposes once its ready.
A seven-member team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) arrived in Ahmedabad for a feasibility study of the ambitious project of the international airport at Fedra in Dholera. The proposed airport site is about 130km away from Ahmedabad and will be useful for both passenger and cargo purposes once its ready.
According to a source from Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI), the team met Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) and GCCI members to learn about the feasibility of the airport.
The AAI team consisting of seven members, are going to visit the site at Fedra on Saturday, added the source. The GCCI has also made a presentation on why Ahmedabad needs another airport. The presentation included topics like logistics, total exports from state in coming 10 years etc. Also, details of the number of travellers including tourists and NRIs/ NRGs who visit Ahmedabad on a yearly basis were also explained to them.
Vijay Shah, member of the GCCI, presidents of CREDAI- Gujarat chapter and GIHED, Jaxay Shah and Suresh Patel respectively, were present to do the presentation.
Commenting on the same, Vijay Shah said: "Ahmedabad contributes nearly 17 per cent of the state's income and employees around 18 per cent of the workforce. The city also has 21.5 per cent of the factories of the state."
Areas like Bavla and Changodhar are also growing rapidly as industrial hubs. In such circumstances, the need for a passenger-cum-cargo airport is a must for Ahmedabad, added Shah.
The AAI team included DP Singh (traffic potential), Rajiv Jain (to evaluate cost) PC Mittal (design of airport), Daswani (runway orientation), Singhal for aerodrome planning and Ravi Verma for financial assessment.
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