Dinesh Kamath's news item 'Survey of Navi Mumbai airport site to be conducted' that was published in Newsband

Survey of Navi Mumbai airport site to be conducted

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: During the first week of May, a two-member team of the National Board for Wildlife will conduct a survey to find out whether the Navi Mumbai airport site will create any problem to the neighbouring Karnala bird sanctuary after which it will submit its report before the meeting of standing committee of the board in June-July. The work on airport project cannot begin without the committee’s approval.

The survey has to be done especially after the environment impact assessment report filed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), the nodal agency for the proposed airport, had stated that the location of the airport was 12.5 km from the Karnala bird sanctuary.

The avian fauna study for the airport project will be conducted. CIDCO has received all required clearances except for the final approval to the forest clearance from the MoEF.

The construction work is expected to start within a year.