AAI proposal to give land to Navy, coast guard approved

The Cabinet approved the Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s proposal to lease some of its land spread over four airports, including the one at Porbandar in Gujarat, to the Navy and the coast guard for various projects.

The Cabinet has given its approval to lease 4.62 acres of AAI land to the Navy and 7,326 sqm of land to the coast guard at the Porbandar airport. It also approved the lease of 6,200 sqm of AAI land at the Juhu airport to the coast guard for two hangars with apron and a link taxi track. The government also granted its approval to lease five acres of AAI land at the Visakhapatnam airport to the coast guard, the release said, adding 0.9 acres of its land has also been allowed to be leased to the coast guard to construct taxi track at Tuticorin Airport.

Colonies regularised: In a decision that will benefit about 6 million in poll-bound Delhi, the Cabinet approved an ordinance to regularise 895 unauthorised colonies that had come up till June 1 this year.