Government gives approval to Airports Authority of India to lease land to navy, coast guard.

The government recently granted its approval to the Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s proposal to lease some of its land spread over four airports, including the one at Porbandar in Gujarat, to the navy and the coast guard for various projects.

A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the leasing of AAI's land to the Indian Coast Guard/Indian Navy ( Ministry of Defence) at various airports, an official release said here.

The leasing of the requisite land at proposed airports will facilitate the coast guard/navy to establish various facilities for better surveillance of coast line, it said.

The Cabinet has given its approval to lease 4.62 acres of AAI land to the navy and another 7,326 sqm of land to the coast guard at the Porbandar Airport.


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