CM to inaugurate Kalaburagi airport
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will inaugurate the Kalaburagi airport in Kalaburagi on Friday afternoon. Preparations for the inaugural function are in full swing on the airport premises located near Srinivas Saradagi.
During his first stint as chief minister, Yediyurappa had laid the foundation stone for building the airport on June 14, 2018. A total of 567 acres of farmland was acquired for the project.
It was earlier decided to be built on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model and the state government had entered into an agreement with Maytas Infra for 30 years. However, the agreement was cancelled in 2015 due to various reasons.
The public works department took up the construction work in 2016 with technical guidance from RITES India and completed the task at a cost of Rs 175 crore.
