Kadapa Airport to be Inaugurated on June, 7, 2015 and Auction of Ten Coal Mines

Kadapa Airport to be Inaugurated on June, 7, 2015

Kadapa will be on the air connectivity map of the country on 7th June, 2015. The Airport will be inaugurated on the day at a function to be attended by Minister of Civil Aviation Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu.

The first flight at Kadapa will land from Bengaluru at 11.30 a.m. on the day.

Airports Authority of India, in its endeavour to promote regional and remote area connectivity in Tier-II and Tier III cities, has completed the development of Kadapa Airport at the cost of Rs. 42 Crores. The Airport has a new compact pre-fabricated terminal building with a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time. The runway with dimension 1719m x 45m is capable to handle ATR-72 type of aircraft operations. The new Apron can accommodate 3 Nos. of ATR-72 type of aircrafts. Depending upon the growth of passenger traffic at Kadapa Airport, expansion and upgradation of the Airport will be done to handle A 320 type of aircraft operations. To facilitate the development of Kadapa Airport, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh has made available 520 Acres of land.

This development and air connectivity thereon will not only enhance the business potential and employment opportunities but would also give impetus to the economic growth of the City and the region.

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Auction of Ten Coal Mines – Third Tranche Announced

Ministry of Coal has announced auction of ten (10) coal mines in the third tranche. The Ministry has issued instructions to the Nominated Authority to conduct the auctions for these ten mines classified for Iron & Steel, Cement and Captive Power Plant sector.

The details of the coal mines to be e-auctioned in the third tranche are as follows:

SI.No	Name of the Coal Mine (State)	Status of Exploration (Explored/Unexplored/ Regionally Explored / Partially Explored)	Geological / Extractable Reserves (In Million Tonne)	Peak rated capacity (Million Tonnes per annum)
Schedule -II
1	MarkiMangli-I (Maharashtra)	Explored	24.26 / 9.96	0.30
2	Parbatpur-Central (Jharkhand)	Explored	235.71 / 52.16	1.24
Schedule -III
3	Dongri Tal – II (MP)	Explored	43.27 / 37.98	2.90
4	KosarDongergaon (Maharashtra)	Explored	22.63 / 5.25	0.30
5	Margi Mangli-IV (Maharashtra)	Explored	3.42 / 3.04	0.20
6	Majra (Maharashtra)	Explored	31 / 14.92	0.48
7	Chitarpur (Jharkhand)	Explored	222.41 / 61.155	3.45
8	Bhaskarpara (Chhattisgarh)	Explored	46.9 / 24.06	1.00
9	Sondiha (Chhattisgarh)	Explored	50.18 / 32.74	1.00
10	Jamkhani (Odisha)	Explored	178.41 / 114.98	2.60
			858.19 /356.245	13.47