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Kalaburagi Airport
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Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Karnataka
OperatorAirport Authority Of India
ServesKalaburagi
LocationSrinivas Saradagi, Kalaburagi district
Hub forKalaburagi
Coordinates 17°18′28″N76°57′29″E / 17.30778°N 76.95806°E / 17.30778; 76.95806 (Gulbarga Airport) Coordinates: 17°18′28″N76°57′29″E / 17.30778°N 76.95806°E / 17.30778; 76.95806 (Gulbarga Airport)
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Kalaburagi Airport
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Kalaburagi Airport is a greenfield airport built to serve Kalaburagi in Karnataka, India. The project site is 15 km east of the city on State Highway 10 (Sedam Road) near Srinivas Saradagi village. The total length of the airfield is 7.5 km. A trial landing was done successfully on 26 August 2018. It is India's 10th and Karnataka's 2nd longest runway. [1] The greenfield airport is built by the Karnataka State Public Works Department (PWD) with technical assistance from RITES Limited. [2] The Rs. 120 crore project was initially scheduled be built under Public–private partnership (PPP) with the Government of Karnataka (GoK) [3] However, due to delays in project execution, [4] the contract was terminated in January 2015 and the State Government decided to complete the remaining work through its own Public Works Department. [5]

In many disciplines a greenfield project is one that lacks constraints imposed by prior work. The analogy is to that of construction on greenfield land where there is no need to work within the constraints of existing buildings or infrastructure.

Karnataka State in southern India

Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore (Bengaluru).

India Country in South Asia

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History

On 15 November 2007, the government of Karnataka awarded the Gulbarga Airport project to a consortium of Maytas Infra Ltd. (Now IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Limited), [6] NCC Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. (NCC) and VIE India Project Development and Holding on a Build–operate–transfer (BOT) basis. The concession period was to be 30 years, extendable by an additional 30 years, by mutual agreement. [7]

Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract. This enables the project proponent to recover its investment, operating and maintenance expenses in the project.

Gulbarga Airport Developers Pvt. Ltd. (GADPL), a Special Purpose Company (SPC), was established to sign the Project Development Agreement (PDA) with the Infrastructure Development Department of the Government of Karnataka. The shareholding pattern of Maytas Infra, NCC and VIE in the SPC was 37%, 37% and 26% respectively. The agreement was subsequently signed on 2 April 2008. [7] and the foundation stone for Phase I of the project was laid by former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B. S. Yeddyurappa on 14 June 2008. [8]

B. S. Yeddyurappa Indian politician

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa commonly known as BSY is an Indian politician who serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since May 2018. He has served 3 times as Chief Minister of Karnataka and is the BJP state president.

Gulbarga airport was to have started operations in the latter half of 2012 but was delayed [9] due to financial mismanagement/ disputes between the shareholders of Gulbarga Airport Development Ltd (GADL). [4]

The State Government terminated the contract in January 2015 for not complying with the Project Development Agreement (PDA), which required the completion of construction work by May 2012. The State Government then decided to complete the remaining work through its own Public Works Department. [5] In September 2016, the State PWD started the first phase of work on the airport. This included extending the runway to 3.2 km. from the existing 1.9 km., to facilitate the landing of larger aircraft, and completing the compound wall. Construction of the terminal building and other facilities would be taken up in the second phase. [2] On 26 August 2018, two Diamond Aircraft flew in from Hyderabad and landed on the runway at Gulbarga as a trial.

Airport Was Put into UDAN 3 Phase and 3 routes were declared on 25 Jan 2019 By AAI. Alliance Air And Star Airways Were Alloted these Routes

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