HYDERABAD: Municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao has pitched for the revival of the Mamunur airport in Warangal and urged Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri to include it in the ‘Udaan scheme’ of the central government to improve regional connectivity.
KT Rama Rao met Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi on Monday and pointed out that Warangal being the second largest city in Telangana with 11 lakh population, air connectivity was necessary. He said in Mamunur, there already was an existing airstrip and its length will have to be increased. The minister said in March this year during a meeting with Hardeep Singh Puri the matter was discussed.
“A team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had to come for a survey but it did not owing to the Covid situation. But work now has to be taken up on a priority basis,” he said. The minister also additional land would also be acquired for the airport.
