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PANJIM: The Airport Authority of India has applied for renewal of Consent to Operate under the Water and Air Act for its Dabolim airport terminal, the consent of which has expired since November 2011.
Goa State pollution Control Board (GSPCB) chairman Jose Manual Noronha said that AAI was directed to apply under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 for renewal of the consent to operate the existing terminal which expired on November 6.
“Now they have applied requesting that the consent be extended,” he said.
He said that Board on November 7, 2008, had issued consent for construction of the new terminal for a period of three years. The authorities thereafter wrote a letter stating that since the expected completion of the new terminal is July 2013, their consent should be extended up to March 2014, he said.
