Mysore/Mysuru: The runway of Mysore Airport must be expanded if they wanted to provide air connectivity to other cities within the State and important places in other States, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha.
Speaking at the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting here yesterday, he said the current length of the runway was 17 km and its length had to be increased for landing and taking off of big planes. On one side there is a Railway line passing and on the other side there is National Highway 212. This was posing problem for the runway expansion. Though it was challenging, still the runway expansion project is being taken up. The project had been shared with Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and requested his assistance for it. The State Government is likely to release Rs. 50 crore soon with which the land acquisition process will begin soon, he added.
