MOPA: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant reviewed the work on the upcoming Greenfield Airport at Mopa on Friday and said that it would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after December 8, as over 95 per cent of the work on the project was complete.“Work on the road connecting the National Highway to the Mopa Airport is on track, and it will be complete by October 2023,” added Sawant. “Only landscaping and infrastructure is presently underway and everything, including the ATS, will be completed in the next 15 days. The process of licensing and tie ups with different airlines is also in progress” added the CM. “Around 100 requests for slots have already been made by domestic airlines, and we are expecting more as operations pick up. Domestic operations will commence in December and thereafter, during the month of January, we will take up international operations with four to five airlines to start with,” said GMR officials.
