Has the Mopa airport become a North v/s South Goa issue?

If the civilian airport is shifted to Mopa, it will destroy much of the tourism and tourist-related industries in South Goa, and the livelihood of a vast number of people who depend on the tourism industry. This statement was made by former Union minister and ...

TEAM HERALD teamherald@herald-goa.com PANJIM: If Dabolim gets a taxiway parallel to the runaway as was planned, five times the current number of planes would be able to land and take off making the need for Mopa obsolete, former chief minister and ...

Sources said any agency will require at least a year to conduct a "thorough environment impact study" as it needs to be an all-season study, as per Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) guidelines. This would mean that an agency beginning work this ...

Upping the ante, Vijay Sardesai, Independent MLA, on Thursday demanded that the Ministers in the BJP-led coalition government who attended the anti-Mopa airport public meeting in Margao on Wednesday should resign if the State government failed to scrap the ...

Story Summary: The convenor of ‘Goans for Dabolim Airport Only’, Fr Eremito Rebello addressing the largely attended meeting, which was graced by ministers and MLAs at Lohia Maidan, Margao on Wednesday. MARGAO: At a largely attended public meeting, ...

More in: PANAJI: The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Cell of the Goa government is all set to kick start the process of selecting a company that would develop the proposed greenfield international airport at Mopa in Goa. The head of the PPP Cell, ...

The government is going ahead full steam on its pet project which happens to be Mopa airport. It appears that this project has now become the topmost priority for the government.

With almost 100% of the land for the proposed Mopa international airport already acquired, the government is now set to float the request for qualification (RFQ) for the proposed airport.

Story Summary: The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar addressing the media persons along with the Fisheries Minister, Mr Avertano Furtado and the Benaulim MLA, Mr Caitano D’Silva on Saturday in Margao. MARGAO: Unfazed by the growing demand of people of ...