BARNALA: Referring to demand made by BJP candidate in Sangrur bye election, Kewal Singh Dhillon of setting up airport and cargo terminal in Sangrur area, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has written a letter to him stating that Government of lndia has formulated a Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008 which provides guidelines, procedure and conditions for establishment of new Greenfield Airports in the country.
As per the Policy, an airport developer or the respective state government willing to establish an airport is required to send a proposal to the ministry of civil aviation in the prescribed format. There is a 2-stage process for approval of the proposal, 'Site Clearance' followed by 'ln-Principle' approval.
