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ICAO to conduct fresh study on Mopa airport

Special Correspondent

PANAJI: The expert committee studying the Mopa airport issue has asked the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to prepare a fresh economic viability study of the airport proposal taking into consideration the fact that the Dabolim International Airport would simultaneously continue to operate.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane. The ICAO is represented on the committee.

Chief Secretary J.P. Singh, who is also a member of the committee, told The Hindu here that the study was necessitated because the earlier feasibility study conducted by the ICAO did not take into consideration the existence of two international airports in Goa. The committee has asked the ICAO to prepare the report in three months and it will wait for a formal proposal in this regard.

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