Cabinet okays Kota airport project, bypass for Odisha

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved the development of a Greenfield airport at Kota-Bundi in Rajasthan, which will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 1,507 crore.

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.