Court seeks report on link to airport

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Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State Government to file a comprehensive report on the projects it had already completed and those that were in the offing to improve connectivity from Bangalore city to the Bengaluru International Airport at Devanahalli.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Rammohan Reddy and Justice Jawed Rahim passed the order on several public interest litigation (PIL) petitions challenging the closure of HAL airport for civil commercial operations and the poor connectivity to BIA.

The Bench said there was a need to provide dedicated roads to the new airport without compromising on the safety of pedestrians and people who lived on either side of the national highway leading to the airport. It asked the Advocate-General to furnish a comprehensive project report and contact the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) so that it could come up with a viable and sophisticated project.

The Centre told the court that a report by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on the traffic projections at the new airport would be ready by July second week and that the Centre, State, AAI and BIAL would meet once the report was ready.

The Bench adjourned hearing on the case to July 18.