Environment Min panel clears Jammu airport runway extension project
An expert committee of the Union Environment Ministry has given green signal to a project to extend the runway of the Jammu airport with certain riders, including development of a green belt around it.
The Rs 92-crore project of the Airports Authority of India (AIA) was recommended by the Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry for extension of the runway to make its total length 2,438 metres. Presently, the runway is 2,042 metres long.
The EAC has directed the AAI to strictly comply with conditions like landscaping and plantation, keeping in mind that bird-nesting do not take place.
