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Speaking of the cabinet decision to do so, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the concessionaire could not be given the ‘right of way' ie possession of the land in view of the fact that land held directly by the Government of Goa cannot be handed over to private parties.
"The Government has given its consent to transfer the land to the civil aviation department," Parrikar said adding that it was only a technicality that needed to be resolved.
The agreement to build the Mopa airport is signed between the State government's Civil Aviation Department and GMR Goa International Airport Pvt Ltd. to build the greenfield airport.
Mopa land to be handed to concessionaire soon
The State government has handed over the Mopa land to the State government's Department of Civil Aviation in order to allow for it to be handed to the concessionaire GMR Airports for the construction of the airport.
