The issue of allotment of Government lands to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar airport which was hanging in fire for quiet sometime allegedly due to apathy of the Government officials concerned has once again gained currency with senior district officials brooding over the issue on Saturday, after a gap of seven months when the issue of land allotment to Indore airport had figured prominently during a high-level meeting with the senior State officials and joint secretary of Civil Aviation department, Government of India held in Bhopal on April 10 and 11 this year.
In this meeting, both the Indore Divisional Commissioner and the district collector has been asked to take necessary steps for allotment of required Government lands to Indore airport for its further expansion. Almost seven months after the district administration had been directed by the Union government’s civil aviation department, divisional commissioner Sanjay Dube today held a high-level meeting with the senior district officials broaching on issue plaguing allotment of more Government lands to the airport authority in the city so as to enable it to construct multi-level parking and multi-storey building to house jawans and officials of the CISF manning security at the airport.
Taking a serious note of the delay in allotment of Government lands to Indore airport, divisional commissioner directed the officials concerned to take necessary steps in this regard. He also directed the officials of public works department to make an amended workplan and submit it to the director of Indore airport so that he can send the same to the authority concerned in the civil aviation department for approval.
Besides he also asked Indore airport director to provide all necessary information to the chief forest conservator of the district regarding the forest land, they want to take possession of so as to enable the chief forest conservator to make a formal inquiry on glitches related to transfer of forest land to the airport authority.
The meeting among others was attended by District Collector Akash Tripathi, chief security of the CISF at Indore airport, project director, National Highway Authority and officials of other government departments concerned.