International airport in AP

 SMTV Desk 2017-05-02 11:03:05  International airport,AP,Bhogapuram
International airport in AP

Vijayawada May 02: An international airport is coming to Andhra Pradesh state, After the partition of two Telugu states, AP has struggling a lot for the development, and now this is a good news for the Andhra People that An international airport is coming up to state.AP got environmental clearance for the establishment of International Airport at Bhogapuram by the union government. It will be constructed 45 km away from Visakhapatnam city.The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given environmental clearance for the construction the airport under a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) concession framework.The total investment will be around Rs 2260.73 Cr as per the estimation. The Andhra Pradesh govt has created a special purpose vehicle Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Ltd to take up this project. The current proposal is for phase-I of the airport where the airstrip will be developed to cater to the operation of Airbus-A380 type of aircraft. The new airport will help to reduce the air traffic load at the existing Visakhapatnam airport as its capacity will be exhausted in next few years.