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Cabinet clears ₹150-crore plan for six new small airports in Bihar

Representative Image PATNA: Air travel in Bihar’s smaller towns is set for a major boost with the state cabinet on Tuesday approving a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the state govt and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the construction of six small airports under the Centre’s Udan scheme. The new airports will be developed in Madhubani, Birpur, Munger, Valmikinagar, Muzaffarpur and Saharsa, cabinet secretariat department additional chief secretary S Siddharth said after the cabinet meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar. Each airport is estimated to cost Rs 25 crore and a total allocation of Rs 150 crore has…

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Surat: 151 apartment residents get notices to vacate for lack of BU certificate

SURAT: Residents of three apartment societies were served notices to vacate their properties by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday, as the buildings they are living in did not have building use certificates (BUCs). Notices were served to residents of 151 apartments. The multi-storey apartment buildings were not granted BUCs by the SMC due to non-compliance on various grounds, one of which is believed to be height. The heights of the buildings are not within permissible limits according to approvals from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), sources in the SMC said. SMC gave the residents three days to…

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Kolkata civic body focuses on height of buildings in flight path

Representative Image KOLKATA: In the wake of the Ahmedabad tragedy, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has alerted the executive engineers in the boroughs to strictly adhere to the building height guidelines sent by Airports Authority of India (AAI). The AAI issues guidelines to KMC regarding building height restrictions around airports to ensure flight safety. These guidelines are based on the AAI’s colour coded zoning maps (CCZM) and dictate permissible building heights within specific zones. Construction exceeding the permissible heights requires an NoC from AAI. According to a buildings department official, maximum vigilance will be maintained in the Cossipore-Dum…

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Unauthorised high-rise buildings flagged by Kolkata airport authorities

KOLKATA: Unauthorised high-rises, water tanks, mobile towers, and lightning arresters are among multiple obstacles flagged by Kolkata airport authorities as threats to flights moving into and out of the city. “In the latest Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) study, which analyses obstacles around an airport that could interfere with flight operations and pose a threat to safety, 377 hazards were identified in the flight path. Of these, 90 obstacles, like light posts, hoardings, and tall trees were removed. However, several other serious obstacles, including buildings with unauthorised floors and tanks that have encroached into the flight path, need to be removed.…

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HC dismisses Leela Group appeals against AAI eviction proceedings in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has dismissed appeals filed by the Leela Group against eviction proceedings initiated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) over its Mumbai plots leased out for building a hotel. The court observed that the lease period expired long ago, and eviction was not an issue amenable to arbitration under the lease agreement between AAI and Leela. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan dismissed the Leela Group’s appeals and imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh to be paid in four weeks to AAI. The judge cited Leela’s “prolonged enjoyment” of the expired leasehold land and his “assessment of the…