Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Making Durgapur Aerotropolis Environmentally Viable

Debanjana Chatterjee

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The civil aviation sector in India is growing at a phenomenal pace.Indias domestic aviation market has tripled in the past five years (IATA, 2012) and thus becoming a major contributor to the countrys economy. The aviation industry, which was limited to the metropolitan areas, has now spread its wings to the smaller cities. Durgapur Aerotropolis is India’s first green field private airport along with the concept of Aerotropolis, located near Durgapur in West Bengal.Environmental implications of this Aerotropolis can be a serious issue ifthe project area is environmentally sensitive like Durgapur due to its location being adjacent to the coal reserve. In this paper attempts has been made to identify the issues regarding the proposed site and recommendations have been made in form of suggestions along with identification of a probable alternative site location to make this Aerotropolis environmentally viable.

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DEBANJANA CHATTERJEE Making Durgapur Aerotropolis Environmentally Viable Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 2 February 2015

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