<The investment value of the project for Goa's new airport in western Indiais calculated at $400 mln (255 mln euro). The Mopa airport, which will bethe state's first international airport, will be located in Mopa plateau.>
TOI had recently placed the investment in Mopa airport at either $205 million or $250 million (for typographical reasons). Now we are hearing that it will be $400 million which is of the order of Rs 1700 crores, nearly the same as the new airport in Bangalore. With this kind of investment what are the chances that Dabolim airport will be able to co-exist with it as proposed by the Goa government. The civil enclave will be forced to close to ensure Mopa's viability. And we will have the same surface transport connectivity and passenger cost problems as Bangalore and Hyderabad are having currently. Let's hope Goa does not get bamboozled into going for such unreal projects at Mopa. It will surely be a miracle if better sense prevails. But who is bothered?
