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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Why TN needs the Hosur airport?
Description: The Centre is pushing for regional air connectivity of smaller towns that are of importance. However, one of its policies could stop the industrial town of Hosur in western Tamil Nadu and bordering Karnataka of being deprived of having a new airport.The current policy does not allow new airports within a 150 Âkm radius of an existing airport. Unfortunately, Hosur is just 74 km from Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. Tamil Nadu has already started work on developing the airport by recently issuing a tender calling for consultants to prepare a report for the project.However, if th...