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CLASH OF LANDING PATHWAYS FOR MAIN AIRPORT AND JUHU AIRPORT
MUMBAI:
A Juhu airport with a realigned runway extending into the sea may be
the most unsafe place for landing, said aviation experts after studying a
redevelopment blueprint approved for the aerodrome.
On Friday, the Juhu airport redevelopment plan received an in-principle nod from the state government.
The plan includes the extension of the main runway into the sea so that
the airport can handle fixed-winged aircraft, and the closure of the
secondary runway.
Closing the secondary runway would mean the airport remains shut
whenever the nearby main city airport uses its secondary runway.If the
main runway at the aerodrome and the secondary runway at the city
airport are operated simultaneously, it will bring aircraft that are
landing at the two airports perilously close, making the extended runway
an unsafe airstrip.
"The Juhu airport runways are laid out
identically (to the main airport runways), which means Juhu can use its
main runway in sync with only the Mumbai airport main runway," a senior
pilot said. "The use of the extended main runway while Mumbai airport is
using its secondary runway will create major air safety issues as
aircraft paths would criss-cross."
The pilot said there were no
two ways about it: operating the Juhu runway when the main airport is
using its secondary runway would put people's lives in peril.
Juhu runway extension
MUMBAI: Plans to develop the Juhu airfield received a boost on Monday
with the state government clarifying that neither or a coastal road nor a
proposed sea link will come in the way of the runway extension project.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had feared that the
Bandra-Versova sea link or the coastal road project would come in the
way of plans to extend the airfield 1,000 metres into the Arabian Sea.
However, in a meeting with chief secretary J K Banthia on Monday, the
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) informed the AAI
that the projects will not hinder or obstruct flight path as they will
be planned at a suitable distance from the runway, both in height and
length. "Either of these links are being planned well over 1,000 metres
away from the coast and do not seem to be obstructing the runway
expansion in any way," said a government official.
The AAI had
asked the government to clarify its stand on the project to extend the
runway into the sea. To facilitate the process, the state government
also agreed to make changes in the development control rules (DCR) to
re-notify the airport land to that of an airfield from the existing
reservation of recreation ground (RG). With this, the proposed two
underground roads or tunnels will also be notified in the new
development plan, government officials said. The municipal corporation
has proposed to build a 1.5km-long tunnel under the airfield {is it same tunnel as that planned for coastal road or something new??}to ease
traffic congestion in the area. "We have agreed to take all these steps
to speed the runway extension plan," said a senior official.
The AAI has planned the runway extension to ease congestion at Mumbai
airport and permit operation of bigger aircraft at Juhu. The project is
estimated to cost Rs 2,000 crore.
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MUMBAI: The Airport Authority of India's plan to develop Juhu airport
into a commercial airport that supports the operations of 20 ATR
aircraft plus private jets is meeting with stiff opposition from Juhu
residents, who plan to meet the chief minister and civil aviation
minister to present their objections. If necessary, the residents will
even file a PIL to oppose the plan, they said. Juhu residents say
that the Rs 2,000-crore project, which would spread across 260 acres,
would use government funds and public land to build a facility for
private extravagance. They added that the BMC's Development Plan (DP)
has for 40 years envisaged sports facilities, a recreation ground and
two arterial roads connecting Santa Cruz and Vile Parle. All this would
have to be shelved to accommodate the new airport. The iconic Juhu beach
and a catchment area for monsoon rainwater would also be damaged.
In the 1970s, a Japan Airlines
plane crash-landed into a nullah while attempting to land at the
airport, which shows the risks involved in operating larger aircraft
there, said residents. A major cause for concern is that the new
project's runway would end less than 100 metres from the gate of the
500-bed Nanavati Hospital. "A larger airport would create a mess in the
area. It would disturb the patients," said Sachin Nanavati, trustee,
Nanavati Hospital. "How would we cope with all the din and noise? There
is a lovely terrace for patients, which provides an open view of Juhu
beach. It provides a relaxing atmosphere. But the airport runway would
lead to the whole area being concretized."
More than 10,000
tourists visit the iconic Juhu beach daily and a runway would destroy
it, feared residents, who added that the safety of 6,000 slumdwellers
living on airport land must also be considered. Hansel D'Souza,
spokesperson, Juhu Citizens' Welfare Group (JCWG), said a large portion
of land would have to be raised and concretized to build the airport.
"The whole land is swampy and is a holding pond during the monsoon. They
will fill Juhu lake and destroy it. This would mean Vile Parle and JVPD
could be submerged by floods. The BMC's Rs 85-crore pumping station at
Irla has made a marginal difference." He said the residents have begun
considering filing a PIL on the issue.
The protest is being
supported by JCWG, Mumbai Nagrik Manch and Gulmohur Area Societies
Welfare Group. Vishwanath Mada, president, JCWG, said a larger airport
would destroy the quality of life. "We are not against the development
of the city, but we are against the destruction of the quality of our
lives. Knocking off floors of buildings like Mithibai and NM Colleges
and robbing Mumbai of green lungs is avoidable," he said. Officials have
said they might have to remove floors from the colleges to accommodate
flight paths. The residents said that experts have opined that an extra
runway at Santa Cruz airport could help increase traffic there. They
said the airport at Navi Mumbai should be fast-tracked as a "national
priority".
Major obstacle course before Juhu airport project gets green light
Aviation ministry list various issues that need to be resolved before aerodrome gets clearance to be independent airport
The civil aviation ministry’s grand
plans to transform the Juhu aerodrome into an independent airport that
will operate along with Mumbai airport, catering exclusively to
commercial turboprops, pivate jets and helicopters is not going to be an
easy task to achieve in three years.
Conceding that executing the Rs 2,000 crore project is going to be
tough, the union civil aviation secretary KN Shrivastava, who personally
surveyed the Juhu airport on Friday, told Mumbai Mirror, “The
Juhu-Tara road is an obstruction for the runway, which has to be
realigned and extended into the sea. Rehabilitating slum dwellers from
40 acres of land will be a challenge, as will be carrying on with the
100-plus daily helicopter operations.”
Shrivastava held a meeting with the
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Jayant Banthia, MMRDA Commissioner, UPS
Madan, BMC officials, other senior government officials and a few
legislators before carrying out a site visit.
The ministry at the moment has no idea how many people will have to be
rehabilitated. “For the slum patch, the slum rehabilitation authority
(SRA) has been approached to conduct a survey so that the affected can
be rehabilitated within a portion of the same land. Normal operations
will be attempted from a portion of the airport where helicopters will
land and take off,” Shrivastava added. The secretary informed that
Mumbai airport will be saturated within the next five years.
“With the proposed Navi Mumbai airport project stuck over land
acquisition, Juhu will provide a breather,” he said, adding that if the
state government was able to acquire the remaining 290 acres within the
next three months then Navi Mumbai airport would be a reality in the
next five years. To make Juhu airport operate simultaneously and
independently of Mumbai airport, the alignment of Juhu airport’s runway
will first have to be changed to make it parallel to Mumbai airport's
main runway allowing both to be used simultaneously.
Officials from the Airport Authority of India
(AAI) and the BMC say the runway realignment will affect existing
structures on either end of the runway.“Possible reduction of height of
existing buildings around the ends of the runway, which includes
Mithibai College and Tulip Star Hotelwill come up as the development plan is updated,” officials presentduring the survey said.
The realigned runway will be higher than the present one and will be on
stilts extending 500 metres into the sea, ending about 700 metres before
the proposed Versova-Bandra Sea Link, cutting across the Juhu-Tara
road, which will become a 400-metre long underpass, and Juhu Chowpatti,
which will be developed into a view point from where people can watch
planes take off.
..................................................................................................................... Experts called the redevelopment plan a "pie in the sky" as even
airlines would be averse to operating from a place which would either
violate safety norms or be shut almost 40% of the time.
As part
of the Rs 2,000 crore plan, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) wants
to extend the main runway 650 metres into the sea while also realigning
it.
The extension will allow fixed-winged aircraft like ATRs and
Bombardier Q-400 to use the Juhu aerodrome, while the realignment will
be done to maintain the required distance from the main runway at the
city airport.
The realignment will require demolition of prime
property in JVPD and Vile Parle, said experts. While some buildings are
in conflict with the proposed realignment, other tall structures pose an
obstacle in ATR and helicopter landings.
"The runway will be
moved 1,035 metres north, which means multi-storey buildings in JVPD and
Vile Parle will have to be brought down to one or two floors," an AAI
official said. "If this is not done, no operator would want to operate
with so many obstacles in the path."
Experts also said the
elevation of the main runway to about 12 metres above sea level would
require the elevation of the entire airport, leading to flooding in the
neighbourhood in the monsoons. ................................................................................................................................
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To
apply for an NOC to build above the permissible height (for buildings
within a 20km radius of any airport and those not in or near the
approach/ takeoff path), a builder must pay an initial fee of Rs 2 lakh
to AAI. If the proposal is admissible, the builder pays another Rs 22
lakh-plus for an aeronautical study. So an NOC costs around The norm is
followed across India
In June 2011, the
AAI began charging builders just Rs 2 lakh for an NOC for projects in
the vicinity of Juhu airport. From August 2012, it discontinued charging
even the Rs 2 lakh with retrospective effect from April 1, 2012. About
11 to 12 NOCs were issued every month
The
upper permissible limit for buildings within a 2.5km radius of Juhu
airport (and those that don’t fall in or near the aircraft approach
path) is 49.87 metres above mean sea level (AMSL). From June 2011
onwards, AAI started allowing builders to go
Any builder who paid just Rs 2 lakh could build to a height of 56.27m AMSL
Last
week, AAI officials, in the interest of safety, decided to review NOCs
granted since June 2011. Builders plan to go to court. NOCs have been
issued to over 150 projects which do not fall in the aircraft’s approach
path. The limit here has been set at 49.87 metres above mean sea level
(AMSL). But, citing the Negi report, the AAI started granting permission
to increase the heights of buildings to above this limit. “Any builder
who paid Rs 2 lakh could build up to a height of 56.27 metres AMSL.
Those who did not pay Rs 2 lakh were given 49.87 metres AMSL as the
upper limit,’’ Narasimhan said. AAI chairman V P Agarwal was unavailable
for comment despite several attempts to reach him.
The
AAI, following several protests from helicopter operators has now
conceded that the Negi report is technically unsound and so the height
increase permissions the authority has granted to builders could
compromise flight safety at Juhu airport. “But the AAI has already
granted height increase permissions to over 100 builders. Some of them
have started constructing. The AAI has a tough job on its hands now,’’
said the source.
Negi had specifically
said that the secondary runway at Juhu was redundant, but pilots argued
that when Mumbai airport’s main runway is shut and secondary runway
used, then the Juhu airport’s secondary runway has to be used as the
main runway and Mumbai airport’s secondary runway have converging flight
paths.
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The
metro 2B corridor is being constructed from DN Nagar to Mankhurd. The
project is estimated to cost Rs 10,970 crore, including land acquisition
cost of Rs 1,274 crore. It will have 22 stations on route. It will cost
₹10,970 crores.
It was cleared by MMRDA in April 2016. It is awaiting cabinet
approval after which civil work would start in 6-9 monts. It is expected
to be completed by 2021. Although it is planned to be made elevated,there are certain issues, such as the line running close toJuhu aerodromeor the dense corridors of Bandra West.
The corridor would be funded by Asian Development Bank(ADB) System length
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MMRDA unveils plan for Versova-Bandra Sea Link
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
By Prashant Hamine
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has
unveiled plans for the Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) part of the Rajiv
Gandhi Sea Link along the west coast of Mumbai. As per the presentation
made by the MSRDC recently, the VBSL will be a four by four lane, 9.89
Km long and will cost Rs.4,340 crores. Once approved, the MSRDC hopes to
construct the VBSL alignment within five years and plans to start the
construction work from January 1, 2014.
The VBSL is part of the Western Freeway Sea Link (WFSL) project which
comprises of two phases. Phase I of the project comprises of the present
5.4 Km long Bandra-Worli Sea Link. The Phase II of the project is
sub-divided into the 3.3 Km long Worli-Haji Ali Sea Link and the 10 Km
long Haji Ali-Nariman Point Sea Link.
Justifying the need for the project, the MSRDC argues that by 2011, the
population of the city will have grown to 22 million. Besides offering
faster mode of transport, it will improve road network in the city. The
WFSL is part of the Garland Expressway that is ring road to Mumbai and
its suburbs comprising of East Island Freeway, the
Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova link road and the Rajiv Gandhi sea link.
Once completed the traveling time between North Mumbai to South Mumbai
and beyond will be greatly reduced by 45 minutes. The MSRDC claims that
the traveling on the WFSL will mean that commuters will be able to avoid
14 signals and fuel wasted by idling at traffic signals.
As per the approved alignment for the VBSL, the link will start at
Versova with interchanging clover junctions at Versova near Nana-Nani
Park, at Juhu Koliwada with a Toll Plaza, another one at Carter Road
junction near Otters Club and end with a Toll Plaza at the Bandra end.
There will be intermediate traffic dispersal at Juhu Koliwada. The
Versova connector will comprise of three lanes each on either side, with
a two lane each for the Bandra and Juhu-Koliwada connectors. The VBSL
will be constructed at a distance of about 900 meters away from the
coast.
The VBSL alignment will have a Balance Cantilever Bridges of 100 meter
span for navigation of fishermen boats at Chimbai Road, Khardanda and
Juhu Koliwada.
Besides this new jetties and common areas for fishermen will be
constructed at these places. On the VBSL, there will be a Toll Plaza
near Khardanda.
During its discussions with the fishermen community at Chimbai, Bandra,
Khar Danda, Juhu Koliwada, the fishermens associations approved the VBSL
alignment to be constructed at 900 metres away from the coast with a
vertical clearance of 11.706 meters above mean sea level for navigation
of fishermen’s boats. The MSRDC claims to have secured the no objection
clearances from the fishermen community as well as the Bandra West
Residents Welfare Association and others.
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no money for sea link but ready for 10 km tunnel to pune :-
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