Mangalore Airport New Terminal Ready in 6 Months: Yeddyurappa
 
DHNS Mangalore
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Mangalore, Aug 3: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has stated that the new terminal building at the Mangalore airport will be completed within six months, making it a full-fledged international airport. 

Addressing journalists after inspecting the ongoing project during his maiden visit to the district as a chief minister on Saturday, he said a meeting of Revenue and other officials would be convened soon in Bangalore in order to discuss the issues regarding land acquisition for the completion of the said project.

Investors’ meet

The Chief Minister said the government would be hosting a global investors’ meet in the State capital soon in order to attract more foreign investors to Karnataka.

“It is with the same purpose, a NRI Cell has been constituted in the State headed by MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik. A separate panel of industrialists is also being sent to the AKKA conference to be held in America,” Mr Yeddyurappa noted.

After Bangalore, it is Mangalore that is attracting the attention of investors from all over the world in the recent years, he said adding that he had given instructions to all the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to provide a convenient atmosphere for them.

Coastal belt has abundant scope to develop tourism, and hence plans are there to tap these opportunities with public-private-partnership, he said.

Tackling terrorism

Answering a query, the CM said the government had taken stringent steps to tackle terrorism and Naxal menace across the State, including strengthening the coastal security. He brushed aside complaints that security has not got proper attention in the coastal districts.

Terrorists cannot function unless they get local support. Preventing and mitigating terrorism is in the hands of the public, he observed, appealing for their co-operation and support.

Progress review

Yeddyurappa who had conducted a meeting of all deputy commissioners and ZP chief executive officers in Bangalore earlier in the morning, said, such meetings would be a held once-in-three months.

He said the government aimed at getting airports for all district centres within the next two years. All DCs have been asked to identify 100 acres in their district and come up with proposals in the next 20 days, the chief minister  said.

Home Minister Dr V S Acharya, District-in-Charge Minister J Krishna Palemar, Housing and Muzrai Minister Krishnaiah Setty, Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda, BJP State President D V Sadananda Gowda among others were present on the occasion.