Months after the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found fault with its design and techno-economic feasibility report, the authorities will soon approach the Ministry Of Civil Aviation with a revised design and techno-economic feasibility report on the proposed Sabarimala airport.
According to V. Thulasidas, Special officer of the airport project, the field works of the land survey as well as the runway-specific Obstacle Limitation Surface Survey (OLS) were already complete. The OLS was carried out to identify a longer stretch of runway as against the 2.7-k.m.-long one identified in the earlier survey.
Alongside these surveys, the field work for an Environment Impact Assessment of the Cheruvally Estate, location of the proposed airport, too has been launched.
