Revanth Asks Centre To Begin Mamnoor Airport Works
CM presses for early works at Mamunur, feasibility study for Kothagudem, approvals for Anthargam, and land handover for Adilabad
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday urged Union civil aviation minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu to develop the proposed Mamnoor airport near Warangal to international standards. As the state government has completed the land acquisition, Revanth Reddy requested the Union minister to commence works immediately.
The Chief Minister met the Union minister in his chamber in Parliament and requested that the airport be equipped with cargo services and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities. He told Ram Mohan Naidu that Warangal is emerging as an industrial hub, particularly in textiles and other sectors, and hosts the Sammakka-Saralamma tribal festival at Medaram, held biennially and considered one of the largest tribal congregations in Asia.
He said the Warangal airport would serve the erstwhile districts of Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Karimnagar and sought expeditious steps to operationalise flight services from Mamunoor at the earliest.
The Chief Minister also requested immediate approvals for the proposed Adilabad airport and informed the Union minister that the state was ready to provide an additional 249.82 acres required for the project. The Telangana government has recently authorised the Adilabad District Collector to acquire 700 acres for the proposed airport.
Regarding the proposed airport at Anthargaon in Peddapalli district, the Chief Minister sought early clearances after an earlier feasibility report by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) found the Basanth Nagar site unsuitable due to surrounding hills and overhead high-tension lines that would affect the runway approach.
The Peddapalli district collector subsequently submitted an alternative proposal on November 12, 2024, identifying 591.24 acres in Anthargaon mandal. An AAI team conducted a prefeasibility study at the site on December 3 and 4, 2025, and the report is awaited.
For the proposed greenfield airport at Kothagudem in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, where land has been identified at Palvancha, the Chief Minister sought central approval to conduct an Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) survey and a feasibility study.
The Union minister assured the Chief Minister that AAI officials would be deputed to take forward steps required for commencement of works at Mamnoor.
Lok Sabha MPs Dr Mallu Ravi, Suresh Shetkar, Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, Dr Kadiyam Kavya, Gaddam Vamsi Krishna and M. Anil Kumar Yadav, principal secretary to the Chief Minister K.S. Srinivasa Raju, secretary to the Chief Minister, Manicka Raj, and central schemes Coordinator Dr Gaurav Uppal were present at the meeting.
