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Posted by Pradeep Sadanapalli | May 1, 2008 | 385 views
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Loading ...GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) has received a setback with the Union civil aviation ministry making it clear that the power of issuing no-objection certificates for high-rise buildings in the vicinity of the new airport at Shamshabad would rest with the Airports Authority of India.
GHIAL and AAI were at loggerheads on who should issue NOCs and to clear the ambiguity, the municipal administration and urban development department sought a clarification from the ministry, sources said.
In a recent communication to the state, the ministry said all the applications for NOCs should be routed through the AAI officials concerned. Accordingly, the government instructed the Hyderabad Airport Development Authority (Hada) and the director of town and country planning.
Meanwhile, the NOC affair took a new turn with the Airport Authority of India not accepting applications from the builders. Several builders rushed to Maud complaining against the standoff between GHIAL and AAI, forcing the principal secretary, Mr S.P. Singh, to convene a meeting on Tuesday to resolve the issue. Official sources told this correspondent that the meeting, however, could not take place as the AAI representatives did not attend.
Though the principal secretary (municipal administration and urban development), Mr S.P. Singh, convened a meeting on Tuesday to solve the problem, it had to be cancelled since AAI representatives did not attend. “AAI officials say that they are yet to be equipped with the maps, contour survey, and details of coordinates (mean sea level, longitude and latitude) of the area which will help them decide on constructions,” said a senior Maud official. The principal secretary has now decided to convene another meeting on May 2 and has asked AAI officials to attend it without fail.
The issue of NOC was controversial from the beginning after restrictions were imposed on the developers of Special Economic Zones near the airport, particularly Brahmani Infotech. GHIAL used special software to decide on NOCs, and said that it was following the safety norms issued by the Director General of Civil Aviation. The developers, however, said that GHIAL was doing it purposefully to ensure that its own SEZs were completed first.
SOURCES:
Deccan Chronicle
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