Sneha Kupekar & Katya Naidu / Mumbai July 8, 2010, 0:07 IST

G V Krishna ReddyGVK, the Hyderabad-based company managing the Mumbai and Bangalore airports, is looking at more such projects here and abroad. The group is also formulating a strategy to monetise airport projects in smaller towns. G V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, talks to Sneha Kupekar and Katya Naidu about his plans. Edited excerpts:

Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan travelled to Delhi on Tuesday to lobby for the clearance of the Navi Mumbai airport project, an unrelenting Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said there were serious ecological problems with the project that could not be overlooked.

Jairam Ramesh Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today countered his ministerial colleague Praful Patel

Even as Chief Minister Ashok Chavan travelled to Delhi on Tuesday to lobby for the clearance of the Navi Mumbai Airport Project, an unrelenting Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said there were serious ecological problems with the project that could not be overlooked.

There are serious environmental issues with the Navi Mumbai airport project which need to be addressed, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan met Ramesh Tuesday morning and sought speedy environment clearance for the project, which is likely to reduce the air traffic pressure on the Mumbai airport.

New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh today countered his ministerial colleague Praful Patel's charge of the Navi Mumbai airport project being delayed for want of clearance, saying it has "serious' ecological issues that needs to be addressed.

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Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday declined to give any injunction to construction of helipads in private buildings in the city.
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The court, instead, gave the state government four weeks time to file an affidavit on the condition of silence zones demarcated by local governing bodies in different parts of the state.

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), has submitted an affidavit to the Bombay high court stating that it does not support the setting up of private helipads in Mumbai.

The Maharashtra government had plans to give green signal to kick-start the construction of the 12 private helipads.

Mumbai The environment impact assessment (EIA) report on the proposed Navi Mumbai airport, submitted recently to the Centre, has been returned to the state for want of clarity on some aspects, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday.