The exit road from Mangaluru International Airport at Kenjar is all set to open for traffic in June.
New Mangalore Port Trust has allowed priority berthing facility for coastal cargo ships (ships which sail from one port to another port within the country).
The exit road from Mangaluru International Airport to the city has been recently inaugurated by the Karnataka Government. The process of constructing the 1.12-km-long exit road from the terminal building of Mangaluru airport began in 2013.
Implementation of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plans for Dholera, a major greenfield Smart City in the Phase-I of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project has begun.
Mangaluru City Corporation is planning to submit a modified proposal for the Smart City competition with a shift in its focus.
Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar presently has a runway, which is 8,000 ft long. Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates MIA, wants to extend this by 11,600 ft, an addition of 3,600 ft in two phases - first phase by extending it to 10,000 ft and the remaining 1,600 thereafter.
In Karnataka, Hubballi- Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga and Tumakuru municipal corporations have commenced the process of selecting PMCs by inviting RFPs from interested parties to help execute their respective action plans for city improvement by January 6, 2017. W
Mangalore is the largest city and administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district, and one of the most multicultural non-metro cities in India. Besides being the largest city in the coastal and Malnad regions of Karnataka, it is also a commercial, industrial, educational and healthcare hub on the western coast.
The operation, management and development of Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru airports are reportedly to be done through the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC).
AAI is an adequately funded body. It is prompt in making payments to contractors on the submission of running bills.
