Hassan MLA Preetham J. Gowda has defended the change in the plan of the Hassan airport stating that the initial plan included many unwanted things.
Speaking to presspersons in Hassan on Friday, the MLA said as per the initial plan, a golf club was to come up on the airport campus. Excess land was notified for the hospitality industry. “Who wants to play golf in Hassan? Should the poor farmers give up their land for the golf club, played by a few elite,” he wanted to know.
Mr. Preetham Gowda said the project had been altered to suit the requirement. It would be expanded in a phased manner in the coming years. “If former minister H.D. Revanna is so interested in having a golf club, let him build one in the private land that he had purchased on the outskirts of Hassan,” he commented.
