Cabinet okays Kota airport project, bypass for Odisha

The Rajasthan Government has already transferred 440.06 hectares to the Airport Authority of India. The airport will be capable of handling A-321 type aircraft, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.

The planned facility will include a terminal building of 20,000 sq m with a capacity to handle 1,000 peak-hour passengers and an annual traffic of 2 million passengers.

It will also feature a 3,200-m runway, apron with seven parking bays, link taxiways, an ATC-cum-technical block, fire station, car park and other allied infrastructure.

The Cabinet also approved the construction of a 110.875-km six-lane access-controlled Capital Region Ring Road (Bhubaneswar Bypass -) in Odisha on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a total capital cost of Rs 8307.74 crore.

It will provide relief from traffic congestion between Rameshwar and Tangi on the existing national highway, as it passes between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.