With the environmental clearance for the Navi Mumbai airport project coming through, Mumbai is all set to get its second airport. The Union environment ministry okayed the project on Monday, saying all

Farmers in areas surrounding Panvel, where the new airport will come up, are anxious about their future. They are worried if the government will be able to deliver on the promises it will make during the land acquisition process.

The Navi Mumbai airport project is likely to get the green light when Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh jointly address the media at the Maharashtra Sadan tomorrow, with newly appointed state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan playing the host.

In all likelihood, the meeting between the ministers will lead to the breaking of the deadlock over the project

In a major step aimed towards reducing bird hits the Indian Air Force along with the National Centre for Cell Science has decided to conduct the DNA bar-coding of the birds.

Apart from preparing the data base, the research team would also be identifying the bird species which are most susceptible to hitting the planes.

Speaking to the media, Yogesh Shouche, Principal Investigator of NCCS sai

The Navi Mumbai airport is likely to get the green nod as an environment panel on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the revised proposal submitted by its project developer City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO).

The panel will soon submit its suggestions to the environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, who will take a call in the matter.

The Head of the Expert Appraisal Committee

MUMBAI: A 10-member experts' appraisal committee (EAC) of the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will meet on Wednesday in New Delhi to finalize its recommendations on granting environmental clearance to the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai.

Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh had said after the EAC's site visit in October that 65% of the environmental issues had been resolved

The Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the environment and forests ministry has pulled up City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) for not assessing the environmental impact of the proposed airport at Navi Mumbai properly.

However, EAC has admitted that there was a need for a second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

IT is the last mile for Navi Mumbai airport

Asserting there were