New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has cancelled its approval for the proposed Rs.2,000-crore KGS Aranmula international airport project.
According to reports, the Ministry has written a letter to the secretary of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation conveying its decision in this regard.
Recently, an expert panel of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given its permission for the KGS group to go ahead with its Environment Impact Assessment [EIA] study.
The proposed project in Pathanamthitta district had run into trouble from the very beginning with environmental activists and local Aranmula Heritage Protection Committee coming out against the project.