Limited airspace concerns plague Bengaluru's second airport plan: Report
Bengaluru: As plans for the construction of Bengaluru's second airport progress, the state government faces significant concerns regarding the limited availability of airspace, according to a recent report by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
The report, cited by Deccan Herald on Tuesday, on the upcoming airport highlights that the “aircraft movement will be constrained due to restricted airspace” at all three sites proposed by the government.
These include two adjacent land parcels on Kanakapura Road near Harohalli, measuring 4,800 and 5,000 acres, and a 5,200-acre site on Kunigal Road near Nelamangala.
“Bengaluru has too many establishments that have already established their claim over the airspace in the city. About half of Bengaluru’s airspace is under the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), almost going up to Coimbatore. In the north, it all comes under the air force station at Yelahanka. Their airspace apparently extends up to Hassan. So now, we have to specifically earmark airspace for the second airport,” DH quoted a senior official from the industries ministry as saying.
This problem is not unique to the second airport project. Similar airspace concerns had arisen during the establishment of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).
For the proposed Kanakapura sites, the instrument flight procedures (IFPs) will depend on IFPs at HAL airport and TAAL airport in Hosur. In contrast, the Nelamangala location would require coordination with IFPs at HAL, IAF-Yelahanka, and KIA.
“We will follow due process with the committee of the defence ministry to get airspace,” DH quoted Industries Minister M.B. Patil as saying.
While the locations near Kanakapura have hills on the eastern and western sides, the Nelamangala location features hills on the north-eastern and western sides. The AAI report also notes that all three proposed sites feature both hard and soft rocky terrain, which will present significant challenges during construction.
These obstacles must be “evaluated to determine whether they pose potential obstacles to safe air navigation. Any hill within the site boundary that is identified as an obstacle will require levelling,” added the report.
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Kalaburagi: 24-year-old constable falls on road as his bike goes out of control, dies on spot
Afzalpur: A 24-year-old police constable Dhareppa died as the motorbike he was riding went out of control and toppled on the road while traveling near Gobbur B village on Saturday morning.
Dhareppa, learned to be a resident of Shirawala village, was reportedly traveling back home to the village from Kalaburagi when the accident occurred and the bike fell on the road.
The police constable, who was grievously injured in the accident, is said to have died on the spot.
Aland Deputy Superintendent of Police Thammaraya Patil, Circle Inspector Lakhan Masaguppi and Devalagangapura Sub-inspector Sangeetha Shinde visited the accident spot and inspected it.
A case has been registered and investigation is underway.
