Airports Authority of India to develop greenfield airport in Nellore

NELLORE: The Airports Authority of India (AAI), a wing of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is going to take up works of the greenfield airport at Dagadarthi in Nellore district. The State government will soon handover the lands to AAI for the construction of the project. It may be recalled that the previous government led by former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu had inked an MoU with SCL Turbo, a consortium of Nellore International Airport Private Limited for developing the Greenfield Airport and a cargo hub at Dagadarthi on February 10 this year.

The Nellore International Airport Private Limited had also planned a cargo hub expecting huge demand from local industries, Krishnapatnam Port and also from nearby cities like Chennai, Tirupati, Sri City and others. Krishnapatnam Port, Kisan SEZ, Sri City, Mambattu SEZ and companies which export/import aqua