Andhra to get 7 new airports

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy asked the Infrastructure and Investments (I and I) Department to plan and build at least seven new airports in the State under the 'One District - One Airport' concept. The chief minister asked the officials to build the new airports in identical fashion with a capacity to handle even Boeing-type aircraft. Andhra Pradesh now has 13 districts with functional airports in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Rajamahendravaram, Kurnool and Kadapa. The government initiated the process to create at least 12 new districts but the CMO note did not say if the proposed new districts, too, would have an airport each. The Chief Minister wanted the officials to take up the expansion of the existing airports by drawing up an action plan within a time frame.